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Since 1962 the Kauri Museum has been gathering, displaying and sharing with visitors an internationally significant collection of:
- humble tools made important in time of mud, grit, smoke and fire.
- Handcrafted objects of rare and exquisite beauty.
- Dazzling displays of precious kauri gum, the hardened resin of kauri trees.
Enjoy “The Great Indoors” to explore a treasure of “The Great Outdoors”. As the largest under-cover visitor attraction north of Auckland the Kauri Museum has 4,500sqm of exhibition halls, galleries and rooms of treasures.
Walk through a Once-and-Future Forest, an enchanted space which has echoes of the forest that's gone and is yet to come. The Forest Walkway is a journey from darkness to light where the Kauri stars in the Māori creation legend Te Waonui o Tāne about the beginning of time. It's the Kauri Museum's latest addition.
Rain or shine, a visit to the Kauri Museum adds fresh meaning to a timeless storey that captures hearts and ignites imaginations about the past and present, encouraging hope for tomorrow.
If you seek wonder, awe and delight for several hours or a day (or more), this award winni8ng attraction is a long-established and popular destination for travellers, scientists, researchers, families and children alike.
