Mercury Bay Museum

BRINGING YOU FACE TO FACE WITH OUR HERITAGE

With exhibits about the Polynesian navigator Kupe, Maori artifacts, the Endeavour and James Cook, HMS Buffalo (sunk 1840), kauri timber and gum, the old dairy factory in which the museum is housed, early settlers’ records, natural history of our local backyard, fishing displays and a wondeful photographic collection.

AWARDED THE NEW ZEALAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY AWARD IN 2022