Nairn Street Cottage

Nairn Street Cottage is Wellington's oldest original cottage. It was originally built by the Wallis family, who lived in the cottage for three generations.
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  • Opening hours: noon—4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic building and museum
  • Also known as: “Nairn Street Colonial Cottage” and “The Colonial Cottage Museum”
  • Address: 68 Nairn Street, Mount Cook

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Museum of New Zealand.

Park
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is situated 280 metres southwest of Nairn Street Cottage.

Museum
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The 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 and the National Art Gallery. is situated 1½ km northeast of Nairn Street Cottage.

Hotel
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is a hotel, which is situated 240 metres northeast of Nairn Street Cottage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Cook and Aro Valley.

Suburb
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is an inner city suburb of , the capital of New Zealand. It is located 1.74 km south of Wellington's central business district. It is part of Wellington Central electorate and lies within the City of Wellington local government area.

Suburb
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The forms a small inner-city suburb of in . It takes its name from the stream which originally flowed where modern Hōniana Te Puni Street is.

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Wellington is that part of the urban area of in New Zealand that is administered by Wellington Council. The Windy is centred on the western foreshore of Wellington Harbour and stretches as far north as the suburb of Tawa.

Nairn Street Cottage

Latitude
-41.2993° or 41° 17′ 58″ south
Longitude
174.76996° or 174° 46′ 12″ east
Open location code
4VCPPQ29+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264854202
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q9292492
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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Portuguese—“Nairn Street Cottage” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “コロニアル・コテージ博物館”
  • Polish: “The Colonial Cottage Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Colonial Cottage”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nairn Street Heritage Garden and Central Park playground.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Nairn Street Cottage Visitor Centre and Berkeley Dallard car park.

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