Wellington Museum

Wellington Museum (previously the Museum of City & Sea) is a museum in Wellington, New Zealand, located on Queens Wharf. It is housed in the historic 1892 Bond Store on Jervois Quay on Wellington Harbour's waterfront. The Times named it one of the world's 50 finest museums in 2013.

The museum contains four levels dedicated to Wellington's history. The museum strives to tell Wellington's tales and how the city has grown throughout its 150 years as New Zealand's capital, celebrating the city's marine heritage, early Mori and European settlement, and regional expansion. A series of films about Wellington is shown on a massive cinema screen that spans the ground, first, and second levels. There are three theatrical areas: one relates Mori stories using a pepper's ghost, another is a tribute to the loss of the Wahine ferry in Wellington harbor, and the third is a Wellington Time Machine placed on the top level. The Attic, a new exhibition space, debuted in late 2015 following major repair and restoration of the upper level.

Location: 3 Jervois Quay, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

Website: museumswellington.org.nz