Taranaki - Museums of Almost Everything

Discover Taranaki’s stories through one of its many museums.

From volcanic inception to pioneering innovation, by way of war and passive resistance, Taranaki’s vibrant and vivid history is best explored through the region’s many museums.

Tawhiti Museum's Traders & Whalers ride

South Taranaki District Council

The region offers many museums at which to discover Taranaki’s many stories, from South Taranaki’s stunning Tawhiti Museum, and its impressive Traders & Whalers ride – repeatedly judged the third best museum in New Zealand by TripAdvisor users – to New Plymouth’s waterfront Puke Ariki, Aotea Utanganui in Pātea, to Stratford’s Pioneer Village.

There are many more private collections, spanning the interesting and eclectic, from the Hillsborough Holden Museum to Hāwera’s Elvis Presley Memorial Record Room, Manutahi Taxidermy Museum to Inglewood’s Fun Ho! National Toy Museum.

Download the full guide from www.visit.taranaki.info or pick up a free copy from a Taranaki i-SITE.

MUST-DO'S - MUSEUMS:

Puke Ariki Hillsborough Car Museum Fun Ho! Toy Museum Pioneer Village Tawhiti Museum and Whalers & Traders Aotea Utanganui

Puke Ariki

Peter Burchell