The Story of New Zealand at the Auckland Museum

For those seeking to get a comprehensive insight on New Zealand, the Auckland Museum is the perfect place. The museum is the spiritual and cultural touchstone for the many diverse races that dwell in this attractive land. Auckland Museum houses one of the most noteworthy collections of Pacific and Maori treasures in the country.

The wide range of exhibits at this unique museum is spread across three floors. Recognised as one of the most excellent museums in the Southern Hemisphere, Auckland Museum is housed in one of the nation’s best heritage buildings.

For the Auckland province the museum also stands as a war memorial. The museum’s exhibition on war reveals the story of New Zealand at war. The Maori treasures gallery at Auckland Museum demonstrates over 2000 incalculable Maori artefacts. These artefacts include extraordinary carvings and the final great Maori war canoe which is carved from a huge Totara tree. The museum is also the only place where visitors can view a daily Maori cultural act.

Having earned a reputation as one of New Zealand’s most significant museums, the Auckland Museum is built in typical neo-classicist style. The museum has a photographic collection of 1.2 million images and displays 1.5 million natural history samples from the fields of land vertebrates, botany, geology, entomology and marine biology. There is also a broad and enduring exhibition that covers wars that took place within New Zealand and New Zealand's participation in conflicts abroad.

Auckland Museum also displays special exhibitions that recently included a Da Vinci and a Vikings exhibition. Certain parts of the museum serve as a war memorial, chiefly dedicated to those who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars. Auckland Museum houses two 'Halls of Memory' of which the walls and additional marble slabs display the names of soldiers from New Zealand’s, Auckland Region.

For those who wish to excavate the real insights of New Zealand and its history can further explore this great museum; this endeavour will be much more convenient if travellers choose to stay at any of the diverse range of modern Auckland luxury hotels. Auckland hotels are well known for offering comfort at its best together with warm and friendly service. Langham Hotel Auckland is also a distinguished accommodation choice for both corporate and leisure travellers.