Rotorua Museum

Rotorua Museum

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Address: Queens Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua

Phone: (07) 350 1814

Websites: Rotorua Museum Website, Rotorua Museum of Art and History on NZ Museums, Rotorua Museum of Art and History on Te Ara Encyclopedia

Hours Open:

Weekdays: 9am–5pm
Weekends: 9am–5pm

Closed on Public Holidays

Venue Types: Museum, Art Gallery

Suitable for Ages: Families

Ticket Information:

Family (2 Ad + up to 3 Ch): $40.00
Family (1 Ad + up to 3 Ch): $23.00
Adult: $18.00
Child: $7.00
Booking fees may apply

Discover the essence of Rotorua: its people, culture and volcanic landscape. Visit Rotorua Museum and let us share with you the great stories which have shaped the past and present of this unique region.

Located in the world famous Bath House building, an architectural icon in itself, Rotorua Museum is the ideal start to your Rotorua adventure. Be thrilled by the cinema experience Rotorua Stories and enjoy a range of dynamic exhibitions.

Enter the spiritual world of the Arawa people and trace the story of the devastating 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera. Be awed by the legendary exploits of B Company of 28 Maori Battalion during World War II. Investigate the remarkable past of the Rotorua Spa. Discover why people came from all over the world to visit the 'Great South Seas Spa' as our building was once known. Complete your day by visiting the meticulously restored Blue Baths.

Spanning eight galleries, the stunning new permanent exhibition Ngā Pūmanawa o Te Arawa - The Beating Hearts of Te Arawa will follow the journey of the Arawa people from their origins in Hawaiki to their descendants today.

Image: Concept image, Gallery 2, Ngā Pūmanawa o Te Arawa - The beating hearts of Te Arawa.

The museum is open 9am to 5pm during the winter months and 9am to 8pm during summer.

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Upcoming events at Rotorua Museum

Norm Heke: OMGs - Maori Gods in the 21st Century

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Arcade – Homegrown Video Games

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Kereama Taepa

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Bob Kerr: Gold Strike

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Flow Riders – Tracing Kowhaiwhai Traditions

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A Talk with Kereama Taepa

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Aotearoa Quilts

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A Public Talk By Mike Porter – Game Designer

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Quilters Stitch In

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Star Gazing

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Past events at Rotorua Museum

Rotorua Museam Guided Tour - with NZSL Interpeter

Rotorua Museum, Thu 16 May 2013
School Holiday Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Mon 29 Apr 2013 – Sun 5 May 2013
ANZAC Day – We Will Remember Them

Rotorua Museum, Thu 25 Apr 2013
A Talk by Joe Sheehan: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Fri 5 Apr 2013
The Great Easter Egg Hunt

Rotorua Museum, Fri 29 Mar 2013 – Tue 2 Apr 2013
Public Talk - Why Steal Art?

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Mar 2013
A Talk by Eddie Clemens

Rotorua Museum, Thu 14 Mar 2013
Maxine Thompson: Animals in Pastel

Rotorua Museum, Thu 21 Feb 2013 – Thu 11 Apr 2013
Eddie Clemens: Ask the Dust

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Feb 2013 – Sun 14 Apr 2013
Joanna Langford: The Lightness

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Feb 2013 – Sun 14 Apr 2013
Watercolours 101 - A Workshop for Beginners

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Feb 2013
Rotorua Museum January School Holiday Workshops

Rotorua Museum, Wed 9 Jan 2013 – Sat 19 Jan 2013
Rotorua Museum presents Carols with Rotorua District Choir

Rotorua Museum, Sun 16 Dec 2012
Rotorua Museum Community Tree

Rotorua Museum, Mon 3 Dec 2012 – Fri 4 Jan 2013
High Tea with Dame Suzie Moncrieff

Rotorua Museum, Sat 17 Nov 2012
Covent Garden as an Artistic Centre in the 18th Century

Rotorua Museum, Thu 15 Nov 2012
Karl Chitham – Rotorua Museum’s Art Curator

Rotorua Museum, Wed 7 Nov 2012
Rainbow Springs Reptiles Visit

Rotorua Museum, Sun 28 Oct 2012
Wellington Youth Choir

Rotorua Museum, Sat 6 Oct 2012
Rotorua Museum October School Holiday Programme

Rotorua Museum, Mon 1 Oct 2012 – Fri 12 Oct 2012
Nightmare at the Museum: SOLD OUT

Rotorua Museum, Fri 21 Sep 2012 – Sat 29 Sep 2012
Friends of the Museum - Bargain Bring and Buy Art Fundraiser

Rotorua Museum, Sun 9 Sep 2012
A Talk by Avenal McKinnon of NZ Portrait Gallery

Rotorua Museum, Fri 7 Sep 2012
Biological Curiosities & Strange Behaviour of Animals

Rotorua Museum, Fri 31 Aug 2012
Watch Weaving Artists At Work

Rotorua Museum, Wed 22 Aug 2012 – Wed 12 Sep 2012
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011

Rotorua Museum, Sat 11 Aug 2012 – Wed 31 Oct 2012
Portraiture Workshop by Geoffrey Cox

Rotorua Museum, Sun 29 Jul 2012
Nga Whakatupuranga - Generations of Weaving

Rotorua Museum, Sat 21 Jul 2012 – Sun 14 Oct 2012
The July School Holiday Art and Museum Programme

Rotorua Museum, Mon 2 Jul 2012 – Fri 13 Jul 2012
Introduction to Concept Design - Paul Tobin, Weta Workshop

Rotorua Museum, Sun 24 Jun 2012
John Badcock: Stations of the Cross

Rotorua Museum, Sat 2 Jun 2012 – Sun 22 Jul 2012
Photographs of Mokoia Island

Rotorua Museum, Wed 30 May 2012 – Tue 10 Jul 2012
Excerpts from Handel’s Messiah

Rotorua Museum, Sun 27 May 2012
New Zealand Earthquake Patterns & Forecasting

Rotorua Museum, Fri 25 May 2012
Surviving the Tremors

Rotorua Museum, Sun 6 May 2012
The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy

Rotorua Museum, Sat 5 May 2012 – Mon 16 Jul 2012
Lake Rotomahana Stripped Bare

Rotorua Museum, Thu 3 May 2012
Magical Muse Children's Tours

Rotorua Museum, Mon 16 Apr 2012 – Fri 20 Apr 2012
Anne Frank

Rotorua Museum, Sat 24 Mar 2012 – Sun 6 May 2012
Collectors in the Community - Crown Lynn Vases

Rotorua Museum, Wed 14 Mar 2012 – Wed 23 May 2012
Childrens Day

Rotorua Museum, Sat 3 Mar 2012
Painting with Light – Brian Brake Rediscovered

Rotorua Museum, Fri 24 Feb 2012
Who am I?

Rotorua Museum, Sat 11 Feb 2012 – Sun 29 Apr 2012
James Nairn and the New Zealand Plein Air Impressionist Move

Rotorua Museum, Sun 29 Jan 2012
Brian Brake: Lens on the World

Rotorua Museum, Sat 10 Dec 2011 – Sun 22 Apr 2012
Concert @ the Museum

Rotorua Museum, Thu 1 Dec 2011
Introducing Ngā Pūmanawa o Te Arawa

Rotorua Museum, Fri 18 Nov 2011 – Sun 27 Nov 2011
Heather Straka: The Asian (Floor Talk)

Rotorua Museum, Sun 16 Oct 2011
October School Holiday Art Programme

Rotorua Museum, Mon 10 Oct 2011 – Fri 21 Oct 2011
Collectors in the Community: Norma Evans' Ornamental Boots

Rotorua Museum, Fri 16 Sep 2011 – Thu 3 Nov 2011
Opening of the Don Stafford Wing

Rotorua Museum, Sat 3 Sep 2011
Two-Part Lecture at the Museum: Gladiators and Rugby

Rotorua Museum, Thu 1 Sep 2011
Bay Proud – A Century of Bay of Plenty Rugby

Rotorua Museum, Sat 13 Aug 2011 – Sun 4 Dec 2011
Rotorua Wearable Creationz: A Selection From the 2011 Awards

Rotorua Museum, Sat 6 Aug 2011 – Sun 25 Sep 2011
Rugby World Cup Roadshow 2011

Rotorua Museum, Thu 21 Jul 2011
Concert @ the Museum

Rotorua Museum, Thu 14 Jul 2011
George Andrews - Artist & Sculptor: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Tue 28 Jun 2011
Chris Bourke - Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Pop

Rotorua Museum, Sun 12 Jun 2011
Drawn from Italy: Mantegna to Kauffmann

Rotorua Museum, Thu 9 Jun 2011 – Sun 10 Jul 2011
The Making of the Word Witch

Rotorua Museum, Sat 21 May 2011 – Sun 31 Jul 2011
Cornel de Ronde - Rotomahana Reveals Its Secrets

Rotorua Museum, Sun 15 May 2011
Sneak a Peak

Rotorua Museum, Sun 1 May 2011
Meet Harold the Giraffe

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Apr 2011
Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Winners

Rotorua Museum, Sat 16 Apr 2011 – Sun 15 May 2011
Garth Wilson: Liquefaction

Rotorua Museum, Sun 10 Apr 2011
Keith Newman: Bible and Treaty

Rotorua Museum, Sun 13 Mar 2011
Drawing Conclusions

Rotorua Museum, Sat 26 Feb 2011 – Sun 10 Apr 2011
Geoffrey Manahi: Bravehearts and Courage

Rotorua Museum, Sun 20 Feb 2011
Collectors in the Community: Dave Howe's Horseshoe Art

Rotorua Museum, Sat 12 Feb 2011 – Thu 31 Mar 2011
The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940

Rotorua Museum, Fri 11 Feb 2011
Cascades

Rotorua Museum, Sat 4 Dec 2010 – Sun 20 Feb 2011
George Andrews - Use and Beauty: Stan Jenkins

Rotorua Museum, Sun 21 Nov 2010
Geoffrey Cox - Wildlife Artist & Model Maker

Rotorua Museum, Wed 17 Nov 2010
Bee Dawson - A History of New Zealand Gardening

Rotorua Museum, Sun 7 Nov 2010
Art Bytes

Rotorua Museum, Thu 28 Oct 2010

‘Indie Game’ Movie Night

Rotorua Museum, Thu 9 May 2013
A Public Talk with Reuben Paterson

Rotorua Museum, Sun 28 Apr 2013
Top Art 2013

Rotorua Museum, Mon 15 Apr 2013 – Fri 26 Apr 2013
Easter Cake Pop Workshops: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Sat 30 Mar 2013
Muka Youth Prints

Rotorua Museum, Sat 23 Mar 2013 – Sun 24 Mar 2013
Dr Judy Deuling: The Greek Myths behind Titokowaru’s Dilemma

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Mar 2013
Children’s Day

Rotorua Museum, Sun 3 Mar 2013
Other Stories: Joe Sheehan

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Feb 2013 – Sun 7 Apr 2013
Marian Maguire: Titokowaru’s Dilemma

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Feb 2013 – Sun 7 Apr 2013
Build Like Joanna – A Family Art Activity

Rotorua Museum, Wed 20 Feb 2013 – Sun 24 Feb 2013
Joanna Langford installs The Lightness

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Feb 2013 – Mon 18 Feb 2013
Fabiola Barba: Eternal Blues

Rotorua Museum, Fri 21 Dec 2012 – Wed 20 Feb 2013
Collectors in the Community – Wendy Hurran’s Santa Bears

Rotorua Museum, Mon 3 Dec 2012 – Fri 4 Jan 2013
Woollaston 101

Rotorua Museum, Sat 1 Dec 2012 – Sun 24 Feb 2013
Explore the Exhibition with WOW® Founder Suzie Moncrieff

Rotorua Museum, Sat 17 Nov 2012
Off the Wall: World of WearableArt

Rotorua Museum, Sat 10 Nov 2012 – Sun 10 Feb 2013
Katherine Udy: Corrugated Creations

Rotorua Museum, Sat 3 Nov 2012 – Wed 19 Dec 2012
A La Mode – Early 19th Century Fashion Plates: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Oct 2012 – Fri 8 Feb 2013
Chris Currie's Collection of Ships in Bottles

Rotorua Museum, Thu 4 Oct 2012 – Sat 24 Nov 2012
Movie Screening - Te Hono ki Aotearoa

Rotorua Museum, Sun 30 Sep 2012
The Object of the Portrait

Rotorua Museum, Wed 19 Sep 2012 – Sat 24 Nov 2012
Museum by Torchlight

Rotorua Museum, Fri 7 Sep 2012 – Sat 8 Sep 2012
Peter McLeish Presents a Talk On Polar Antarctic Art: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Sun 2 Sep 2012
A Talk by Experienced Weavers

Rotorua Museum, Sun 26 Aug 2012 – Sun 16 Sep 2012
Workshops teaching the basics of weaving

Rotorua Museum, Sun 12 Aug 2012 – Sun 30 Sep 2012
A Talk By Bedazzled Curator Leanne Wickham

Rotorua Museum, Sun 5 Aug 2012
Haunts of Dickens

Rotorua Museum, Sat 28 Jul 2012 – Sun 9 Sep 2012
A Floor Talk by Nigel Brown

Rotorua Museum, Sun 15 Jul 2012
Curator Gregory O'Brien on the Graham Percy Exhibition

Rotorua Museum, Sun 1 Jul 2012
Following Your Creative Dream - Paul Tobin, Weta Workshop

Rotorua Museum, Sun 24 Jun 2012
A Talk by Artist John Badcock - Stations of the Cross

Rotorua Museum, Sat 2 Jun 2012
Collectors in the Community - Belleek Display

Rotorua Museum, Wed 30 May 2012 – Wed 25 Jul 2012
What Now Is Coming to Rotorua Museum

Rotorua Museum, Sun 27 May 2012
Top Art 2012

Rotorua Museum, Mon 21 May 2012 – Fri 25 May 2012
Nigel Brown: Travel to Travel

Rotorua Museum, Wed 2 May 2012 – Sun 5 Aug 2012
Bedazzled

Rotorua Museum, Sat 5 May 2012 – Sun 5 Aug 2012
White Cloud Worlds

Rotorua Museum, Wed 2 May 2012 – Sun 29 Jul 2012
How We Monitor Our Volcanoes

Rotorua Museum, Sun 1 Apr 2012
Public Talk – Wayne Barrar: An Expanding Subterra

Rotorua Museum, Sun 18 Mar 2012
Portraiture Workshop

Rotorua Museum, Sun 11 Mar 2012
Wayne Barrar: An Expanding Subterra

Rotorua Museum, Sat 25 Feb 2012 – Sun 27 May 2012
Public Talk: The Illustrious life of Brian Brake

Rotorua Museum, Sun 19 Feb 2012
Muka Youth Prints

Rotorua Museum, Sat 11 Feb 2012 – Sun 12 Feb 2012
Ross Allen’s Royal Commemoratives

Rotorua Museum, Fri 13 Jan 2012 – Wed 7 Mar 2012
Bohemians of the Brush

Rotorua Museum, Sat 3 Dec 2011 – Sun 5 Feb 2012
Charles Blomfield & Landscape Traditions

Rotorua Museum, Fri 25 Nov 2011
Emma Liley: U2 Collection

Rotorua Museum, Tue 8 Nov 2011 – Wed 21 Dec 2011
Catalogue of Wonders

Rotorua Museum, Wed 12 Oct 2011 – Sun 19 Feb 2012
Neil Pardington: The Vault Floor Talk

Rotorua Museum, Sun 25 Sep 2011
Blomfield in Wonderland

Rotorua Museum, Sat 3 Sep 2011 – Sun 27 Nov 2011
WOW Icons on Tour

Rotorua Museum, Fri 2 Sep 2011 – Tue 1 Nov 2011
Heather Straka: The Asian

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Aug 2011 – Sun 27 Nov 2011
Neil Pardington: The Vault

Rotorua Museum, Sat 13 Aug 2011 – Sun 4 Dec 2011
Christine Hellyar - Art Byte Talk: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Thu 28 Jul 2011
July Holiday Art Programme

Rotorua Museum, Mon 18 Jul 2011 – Fri 29 Jul 2011
Artist Talk - David Elliot: The Making of the Word Witch

Rotorua Museum, Sun 10 Jul 2011
Lynley Dodd: A Retrospective

Rotorua Museum, Wed 15 Jun 2011 – Sun 31 Jul 2011
Rosy Tin Teacaddy - All Mountains Are Men

Rotorua Museum, Fri 10 Jun 2011
Become a Pirate for a Day

Rotorua Museum, Sun 5 Jun 2011
Tessa Duder - Creating a Classic

Rotorua Museum, Sat 21 May 2011
Don Cole - The Four Corners

Rotorua Museum, Fri 6 May 2011
Collectors in the Community – Rick Williams

Rotorua Museum, Tue 26 Apr 2011 – Wed 20 Jul 2011
Great Easter Egg Hunt

Rotorua Museum, Mon 18 Apr 2011 – Sun 1 May 2011
Body in Action

Rotorua Museum, Thu 14 Apr 2011 – Sun 24 Jul 2011
Top Art

Rotorua Museum, Mon 4 Apr 2011 – Fri 8 Apr 2011
Tommy Kapai Wilson: Humour and History

Rotorua Museum, Sun 27 Feb 2011
Legends of Rotorua

Rotorua Museum, Thu 24 Feb 2011 – Fri 25 Feb 2011
Images of Rotorua Project 2010

Rotorua Museum, Sat 19 Feb 2011 – Sun 27 Mar 2011
Muka Youth Prints

Rotorua Museum, Sat 12 Feb 2011 – Sun 13 Feb 2011
Barry Dabb - Cascades

Rotorua Museum, Sun 12 Dec 2010
Rodger Cunningham in Concert

Rotorua Museum, Thu 2 Dec 2010
Use & Beauty: Stan Jenkins' Collection of NZ Ceramics

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Nov 2010 – Sun 6 Feb 2011
Collectors in the Community: Pat De Carteret - Hat Pins

Rotorua Museum, Fri 12 Nov 2010 – Wed 25 May 2011
Maori Carving Explained: James Rickard

Rotorua Museum, Thu 28 Oct 2010
The South Pacific Collection of Don and Shari Cole

Rotorua Museum, Fri 22 Oct 2010

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