Museum Building Research

• Located on 7 Buckle Street, Mt Cook, Wellington

• In 1992 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992 combined the National Museum and the National Art Gallery to form the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

• In 1930 the barracks were demolished.

• The National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum went under construction in 1934.

• The National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum was opened by Governor-General Viscount Galway in August 1936. Nearly 10,000 people visited on the opening weekend.

• The original plans for the Buckle Street building were never actually completed and by the 1980s storage had reached capacity. In 1994 construction began on a new building located on Wellington‘s waterfront.

• It was refurbished in 2001 by Massey University and Wellington Tenths Trust.

• The front of the building is in stripped Greek classical style. Fibre glass revolving door, replica of original.

• The Greek style continues through the building with the grecian urns on the front steps.

• In 1972, an act of Parliament updated the Dominion Museum’s name to the National Museum.

2001

1934

(Retrieved from http://wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz/buildings/1-150/41-former-national-museum)

Cites

Dominion Museum. (2019, January). Retrieved from https://mch.govt.nz/pukeahu/park/significant-sites/dominion-museum

Massey University. (n.d.). The Museum Building Celebrating 10 Years. Retrieved from file:///Users/clairethomas/Downloads/The%20Museum%20Building_Celebrating%2010%20Years%20(2).pdf