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City Gallery Wellington
Capital E
Museum of Wellington City & Sea
Wellington Cable Car Museum
Colonial Cottage Museum
New Zealand Cricket Museum

About our facilities

The Trust currently manages and operates six facilities, one of these in conjunction with the NZ Cricket Museum Trust.  Our facilities range from Wellington’s leading art gallery to a range of specialist museums and the child-centred facility Capital E.


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Expansion

Expansion: An external view from above of City Gallery Wellington's new tower.

City Gallery Wellington located in the Civic Square, creates a focus for contemporary visual arts, architecture and design in Wellington through local, national and international exhibitions including international exchanges and joint ventures with other art museums.

Gallery opening hours:
10am - 5pm everyday

City Gallery Wellington
Civic Square
101 Wakefield Street
PO Box 2199
Wellington 6015
New Zealand

P: 64 4 801 3021
F: 64 4 801 3950

REOPENING 27 SEPTEMBER 2009


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Capital E provides creative technology and live performance for children. Located in Civic Square, Capital E presents professional theatre for young people through the Capital E National Theatre for Children, provides hands-on creative technology learning experiences through its OnTV Studio and SoundHouse™ New Zealand facilities, and stimulating holiday programmes and family events including the biennial Capital E National Arts Festival.


PO Box 3386
Civic Square
Wellington 6003

P: 64 4 913 3720
F: 64 4 913 3735

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Museum of Wellington City & Sea is located in the historic Bond Store building on Queens Wharf and includes the Plimmer’s Ark Gallery (also on Queens Wharf). The Museum strives to preserve, present and promote Wellington’s social history and maritime heritage.

Opening hours:
10am - 5pm everyday except Christmas Day

Queens Wharf
P O Box 893
Wellington
New Zealand

P: 64 4 472 8904
F: 64 4 496 1949



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Wellington Cable Car Museum preserves and promotes Wellington’s early cable car system, recognising its special contribution to the city’s heritage. It is located in the historic Winding House at the top of the cable car route.
The museum carries a Qualmark rating and has won a Tourism Industry New Zealand award two years in a row – in 2006 and 2007 - for visitor activities and attractions: culture and heritage tourism.

Opening hours:
Open daily except Christmas Day
November 1 to April 30: 9.30am to 5.30pm daily
May 1 to October 31: 9.30am to 5pm daily

1 Upland Road (top of the cable car route), Kelburn
PO Box 893
Wellington

P: 64 4 475 3578
F: 64 4 475 3594

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Colonial Cottage Museum, Nairn Street, was built in 1858 and is central Wellington’s oldest identified building. It has been preserved and furnished to provide visitors with an experience of mid 19th Century living.

Opening hours:
Summer Hours: 10.00 - 4.00 pm daily (Boxing Day - 27 January '08)
Rest of year: 12.00 - 4.00 pm Saturday - Sunday
Open public holidays only in Summer season ie 26 December to 27 January 2008

P: 64 4 384 9122
F: 64 4 384 9202



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New Zealand Cricket Museum is based in the Old Grandstand at the Basin Reserve and houses a wealth of national cricket mementoes and memorabilia. It also has a research and lending library with an extensive range of cricket books. The Wellington Museums Trust manages the museum jointly with the NZ Cricket Museum Trust.

Opening hours:

Summer 1 November to 30 April

Daily 10:30am to 3:30pm

Winter 1 May to 31 October

Saturday and Sunday

10:30am to 3:30pm

P: 64 4 385 6602

F: 64 4 384 3498

 

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