Exhibits

• Unique display of all things nautical.
• Learn the story of the Rainbow Warrior bombing in Auckland Harbour.
• Maori artefacts - including the largest pre-European canoe exhibition in New Zealand.
• Collectors Hall with working model railway and village.
• Genealogy department.
• Impressive Kauri Gumdigger exhibition with operational gum-washing plant.
• Pioneer exhibits - see how early settlers lived and worked as they struggled to develop the land.
• Relics from the French warship L'Alcmene (wrecked 1851) and other shipwrecks recovered from the coast.
• Beautifully restored Aratapu Library building featuring the musical history of the area with over 200 piano accordions.

Museum Activities

• Guided museum tours, lunches, morning and afternoon teas for groups provided - bookings essential.
• Browse through the museum shop with its wide variety of quality gifts, souvenirs and books.

Coming Events

• Summer Exhibition - "BELLE OF THE BALL" Ball gowns from the past to the present in the Museum's Exhibition Hall. 
• "Kevin Friedrich & Friends" Sunday 21st March 2010 at 1pm - Lighouse function Centre.