28th October 2023 from 5pm-7pm
The Museum Spooky House 5pm
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The Museum Spooky House 8pm
28th October 2023 from 8-9.30pm
Meet the Author & Characters Live – Jeanne Bender & Marcus Winter
Mark your calendar, invite your friends, and dive into a world of wonder at the Museum on September 30th at 11:00 AM. This is a one-of-a-kind experience you won’t want to miss!
Documentary Screening – Twelve Days 1769
WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 10:30 at MTC – Mercury Twin Cinemas – Whitianga
‘Somewhat Glassy – A History of all things glass’ Exhibition
Our exciting new exhibition will open on Monday 4th September 2023 and its all about GLASS!! Anything and everything that is glass.
‘Somewhat Musical – A Musical History of the 1900s’ Exhibition
Our exciting new exhibition will open on Monday 4th September 2023 and its all about MUSIC!!
HMS Buffalo, digitally preserved and displayed for the first time
In July 1840, the British naval ship, HMS Buffalo, took shelter in Mercury Bay, Whitianga, New Zealand to weather out an incoming storm. When the storm hit, it was described as βhurricane strengthβ and resulted in the vessel becoming a total loss on what is now known...
Walk Down Memory Lane Exhibit
WhereΒ Β Β Mercury Bay MuseumWhenΒ Β Β Β Friday 30th September from 10.00am - 04.00pmPriceΒ Β Β Β Free This new exhibit is a blast from the past and will reignite familiar memories from many locals and visitors to the area. It is a nod to the Old School Room...
Land of a Thousand Sorrows Revisited
Saturday, 11 June 2022. Join the Mercury Bay Museum, Mercury Twin Cinemas and HMS Buffalo Re-examination Unit to bring you the first New Zealand screening of Land of a Thousand Sorrows Revisited.
March Overview
The Museum has been a little quiet lately with a reduced number of visitors. The visitors that are still coming through however have travelled from some distances β Whanganui, Nelson and Christchurch just to name a few. So New Zealanders are still travelling around...
Covid Update
On Monday 22nd November 2021, the Government announced its intention to move Aotearoa New Zealand into the COVID-19 Protection Framework from Thursday 2nd December 2021 at 11:59pm. With this move to the framework the Mercury Bay Museum has today confirmed that it will...
After the Storm
It has been a busy time at the Museum recently with arrival of not one or two, but now six pieces of timber that we believe are from the shipwreck HMS Buffalo. Over the weekend of 28th May we received a total of five timbers that were collected from the beach with the...
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