New Zealand Maritime Museum

New Zealand Maritime Museum

Auckland

13 Rankers Reviews

9 Face-to-Face

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Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake
Breeze Sailing
Sailing for all ages

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New Zealand Maritime Museum

The New Zealand Maritime Museum tells the remarkable stories of NZ’s rich maritime heritage

Set sail on a voyage of discovery

Visit Auckland’s waterfront Maritime Museum to discover New Zealand’s story. Through seven different galleries you can explore how the first Polynesians got here, experience the hardships the first European settlers faced, and be inspired by our modern day maritime heroes. Along the way you can try your hand at yacht design, relax in a kiwi style bach, hoist the sails, hear the cannon fire, test your sea legs and batten down the hatches in the rocking cabin.
There’s plenty of opportunity to get out on the water too. The Museum’s fully-restored heritage scow Ted Ashby sets sail six days a week taking visitors on a one hour harbour cruise. You can take in the city skyline and the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge as you navigate the sparkling water of the Waitemata Harbour.

Breeze is the Museum’s beautiful wooden tall ship who sets sail every Sunday. Climb on board for the full day Breeze Gulf Experience and you’ll be able to help the crew set the sails as you experience what life was like for New Zealand’s 19th Century merchant sailors. Luckily it’s not all hard work – you can also relax in the sun, take a dip in the ocean, and enjoy an island stop or two. Full day trips on Breeze are fully catered with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included. You might even get lucky and spot a dolphin or two.

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Organisation

New Zealand Maritime Museum

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandAuckland RegionAuckland

Categories

  • Activity__museums_and_galleriesMuseums and Galleries

Business Times

Museum open 9am – 5pm, 7 days a week

Directions

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Coordinates

-36.8421940227644

174.763298034668

Latitude
-36.8421940227644
Longitude
174.763298034668

Reviews

    • Great museum.
    • Lots to see and well presented.
    • Very nice museum on the waterfront.
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  • 4.0/5

    Visited Muesum with a MOTAT Society Group.Found the visit very interesting and informative.

    Peter, our host, was excellent and knew his subject, in particular the history of Maritime development in NZ from the arrival of the Maori through to the more modern day.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

  • 4.5/5

    Very nice museum on the waterfront.

    Plenty of things to do and see. Very informative and great exhibits.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in November 2016

    Selma Franke's avatar

    Selma Franke

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    An interesting look at New Zealand's european and Maori maritime history.

    Not amazing but it is not particularly an area with which I have much enthusiasm.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in February 2016

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    Chris Cullen

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Great museum.

    Lots of construction work under way when I visited. New wing looks to be impressive. The boat trip on the harbour was the best bit

    Reviewed about 15 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    travelgeek's avatar

    travelgeek

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Presented NZ's maritime history in an easy to absorb way, using mock ups, visual and narrative methods.

    Well worth an hour or two. The included boat trip around harbour was superb value.

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Bill Nash's avatar

    Bill Nash

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Exceeded our expectations, there's a lot more to it than is apparent from the outside.

    Wide variety of exhibits in different formats. Great for a rainy day.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

    Mark Robinson's avatar

    Mark Robinson

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    We had been there for four hours, we could have stayed another four hours.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Ellen Jacobs's avatar

    Ellen Jacobs

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Great information on history and displays all different and interactive.

    Sir Peter Blakes section is excellent.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    NEW ZEALAND
    Garry Renton's avatar

    Garry Renton

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Visited Muesum with a MOTAT Society Group.Found the visit very interesting and informative.

    Peter, our host, was excellent and knew his subject, in particular the history of Maritime development in NZ from the arrival of the Maori through to the more modern day.

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

  • 4.5/5

    Very nice museum on the waterfront.

    Plenty of things to do and see. Very informative and great exhibits.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in November 2016

    Selma Franke's avatar

    Selma Franke

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    An interesting look at New Zealand's european and Maori maritime history.

    Not amazing but it is not particularly an area with which I have much enthusiasm.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in February 2016

    Chris Cullen's avatar

    Chris Cullen

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Great information on history and displays all different and interactive.

    Sir Peter Blakes section is excellent.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    NEW ZEALAND
    Garry Renton's avatar

    Garry Renton

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    We had been there for four hours, we could have stayed another four hours.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Ellen Jacobs's avatar

    Ellen Jacobs

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Exceeded our expectations, there's a lot more to it than is apparent from the outside.

    Wide variety of exhibits in different formats. Great for a rainy day.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

    Mark Robinson's avatar

    Mark Robinson

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Presented NZ's maritime history in an easy to absorb way, using mock ups, visual and narrative methods.

    Well worth an hour or two. The included boat trip around harbour was superb value.

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Bill Nash's avatar

    Bill Nash

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Great museum.

    Lots of construction work under way when I visited. New wing looks to be impressive. The boat trip on the harbour was the best bit

    Reviewed about 15 years ago

    NEW ZEALAND
    travelgeek's avatar

    travelgeek

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Lots to see and well presented.

    Reviewed over 16 years ago

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    Roger & Margaret

    Customer