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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  • Museum
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
  • …has 6 floors
  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM–6:00 PM
    December 24th: closed
  • Description: national museum of New Zealand
  • Address: 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011
  • Also known as
    “Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery”
    “MONZ”
    “Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa”
    “Te Papa”
    “Te Papa Tongarewa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre and Wellington Opera House.

Convention center
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Tākina is a convention centre in , New Zealand. is situated 140 metres southwest of Museum of New Zealand.

Theater building
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The is a proscenium theatre… is situated 360 metres west of Museum of New Zealand.

Town hall
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The is a concert hall and part… is situated 400 metres west of Museum of New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Te Aro and City.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , New Zealand.

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Wellington is that part of the urban area…

Suburb
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is a suburb of central …

Museum of New Zealand

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Latitude
-41.29033° or 41° 17′ 25″ south
Longitude
174.78199° or 174° 46′ 55″ east
Open location code
4VCPPQ5J+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй Новай Зэляндыі Тэ Папа Тангарэва”
  • 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”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Te Papa Promenade and Soundings Theatre.

Nearby Places

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