Museum of New Zealand

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is 's national museum and is located in . Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    December 24th: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: national museum of New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery”, “MONZ”, “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”, “Te Papa”, and “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Address: 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tākina and Wellington Opera House.

Convention center
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is a convention centre in , New Zealand. The name means "to invoke, to summon, to connect, or to bring forth" in the Māori language. The building's main entrance is on Cable Street opposite Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, and there is another public entrance on Wakefield Street. is situated 140 metres southwest of Museum of New Zealand.

Theater building
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The is a proscenium theatre in , New Zealand, located on Manners Street opposite Te Aro Park. is situated 360 metres west of Museum of New Zealand.

Town hall
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The is a concert hall and part of the municipal complex in , New Zealand, which opened in December 1904. It has been closed to the public since the 2013 Seddon earthquake for extensive strengthening work, and is projected to reopen in 2027. is situated 400 metres west of Museum of New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Te Aro and Mount Victoria.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of .

Suburb
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is a suburb of central , , named after the 196 metres hill to the east. 's residential area is on its north-western slopes.

Suburb
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is a bay and suburb of , the capital city of New Zealand. Known for being both a popular beach and an opulent centre of affluence in the city, it is located close to the central business district on .

Museum of New Zealand

Latitude
-41.29033° or 41° 17′ 25″ south
Longitude
174.78199° or 174° 46′ 55″ east
Levels
6
Operator
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Open location code
4VCPPQ5J+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 190557095
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q915603
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Museum of New Zealand” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف النيوزلندي الوطني”
  • Arabic: “متحف نيوزيلندا مجموعة تي بابا”
  • Armenian: “Նոր Զելանդիայի Տե Պապա Տոնգարևա թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Տե Պապա Տոնգարևայի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu de Nova Zelanda Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Chinese: “紐西蘭國立博物館”
  • Cornish: “Gwithti Mordir Nowydh Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Cornish: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Cornish: “Te Papa”
  • Czech: “Te Papa”
  • Dutch: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Dutch: “Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand”
  • Dutch: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف نيوزيلندا تى بابا تونجاريوا”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Novzelando Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • French: “musée de Nouvelle-Zélande Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • French: “Musée de Nouvelle-Zélande Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Galician: “Museo de Nova Zelandia Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Georgian: “ახალი ზელანდიის ტე პაპა ტონგარევას მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • German: “Te Papa”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון של ניו זילנד טה פאפא טונגוורה”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון של ניו זילנד טה פאפה טונגרווה”
  • Hungarian: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Hungarian: “Te Papa”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Italian: “Museo della Nuova Zelanda Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Japanese: “MONZ”
  • Japanese: “テ・パパ・トンガレワ”
  • Japanese: “テ・パパ”
  • Japanese: “ドミニオン博物館”
  • Japanese: “ニュージーランド国立博物館テ・パパ・トンガレワ”
  • Korean: “뉴질랜드 테 파파 통가레와 박물관”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј на Нов Зеланд „Те Папа Тонгарева“”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј на Нов Зеланд Те Папа Тонгарева”
  • Macedonian: “Те Папа Тонгарева”
  • Macedonian: “Те Папа”
  • Malay: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Maori: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Maori: “Te Papa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Norwegian: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe Nowej Zelandii Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Nova Zelândia Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Romanian: “Dominion Museum”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul „Te Papa Tongarewa” din Noua Zeelandă”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul „Te Papa Tongarewa””
  • Romanian: “Muzeul din Noua Zeelandă”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Dominionului”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Noii Zeelande”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Te Papa Tongarewa din Noua Zeelandă”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Romanian: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Russian: “Музей Новой Зеландии”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей Те-Папа-Тонгарева”
  • Slovenian: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Slovenian: “Novozelandski muzej Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Nueva Zelanda Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Swedish: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Zelanda Te Papa Tongarewa Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Ukrainian: “Te Papa”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Нової Зеландії Те Папа Тонгарева”
  • Ukrainian: “Те Папа Тонгарева”
  • Uzbek: “Te Papa”
  • Vietnamese: “MONZ”
  • Vietnamese: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • Vietnamese: “Te Papa”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện bảo tàng New Zealand”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện bảo tàng Te Papa Tongarewa New Zealand”
  • Welsh: “Te Papa Tongarewa”
  • “MONZ”

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