Te Unua Museum of Southland
Te Unua Museum of Southland, previously known as the Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho o te Taniwha is located in Gala Street, Invercargill, New Zealand.- Type: Historic site
- Description: museum and art gallery in Invercargill, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Niho o te Taniwha”, “Southland Museum & Art Gallery”, and “Southland Museum and Art Gallery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Paul’s Church and Civic Theatre.
St Paul’s Church
Church
Photo: Nelson Pérez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Paul’s Church is situated 570 metres west of Te Unua Museum of Southland.
Civic Theatre
Theater building
The Civic Theatre is a theatrical venue in the southern New Zealand city of Invercargill. The theatre is located in Tay Street, in the centre of the city. Civic Theatre is situated 1 km south of Te Unua Museum of Southland.
Reading Cinemas Invercargill
Movie theater
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reading Cinemas Invercargill is a movie theater, which is situated 1 km southwest of Te Unua Museum of Southland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor and Avenal.
Windsor
Suburb
Windsor is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. The area was originally part of expansive Southland farmland and was gradually subdivided in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as Invercargill expanded, with its layout designed to accommodate residential growth near the city center.
Avenal
Suburb
Avenal is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. The suburb includes Queens Park and Southland Museum and Art Gallery.
Invercargill
Photo: Willuknight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Invercargill, the most southerly city in New Zealand, was built in the late 19th and early 20th century, and its wide streets and century old buildings give the visitor a unique feeling of stepping back in time to when business was conducted in a more sedate and considered manner and the streets were paved with Central Otago gold.
Te Unua Museum of Southland
- Categories: art museum, museum, nonprofit organization, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southland, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-46.40528° or 46° 24′ 19″ southLongitude
168.35366° or 168° 21′ 13″ eastOpen location code
4V5CH9V3+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 495971006OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q7570874
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Maori—“Te Unua Museum of Southland” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “南地博物館及美術館”
- Japanese: “サウスランド博物館・美術館”
- Macedonian: “Музеј и уметничка галерија Саутленд”
- Maori: “Niho o te Taniwha”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sub-Antarctic Garden and Jessie Calder Garden - old fashioned roses.
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