Rotorua Museum

Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua

Phone

(07) 350 1814

Websites

Hours Open

Weekdays: 9am–5pm
Weekends: 9am–5pm
Closed on Public Holidays

Suitable for Ages

Families

Ticket Information

Family (2 Ad + up to 3 Ch): $45.00
Family (1 Ad + up to 3 Ch): $28.00
Adult: $20.00
Child: $8.00
Additional fees may apply

Discover the essence of Rotorua: its people, culture and volcanic landscape. Visit Rotorua Museum and let us share with you the great stories which have shaped the past and present of this unique region.

Located in the world famous Bath House building, an architectural icon in itself, Rotorua Museum is the ideal start to your Rotorua adventure. Be thrilled by the cinema experience Rotorua Stories and enjoy a range of dynamic exhibitions.

Spanning eight galleries, the stunning permanent exhibition 'Ngā Pūmanawa o Te Arawa - The Beating Hearts of Te Arawa' follows the journey of the Arawa people from their origins in Hawaiki to their descendants today.

Enter the spiritual world of Te Arawa and trace the story of the devastating 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera. Be awed by the legendary exploits of B Company of 28 Maori Battalion during World War II.

Investigate the remarkable past of the Rotorua Spa. Discover why people came from all over the world to visit the 'Great South Seas Spa' as our building was once known.

The museum is open 9am to 5pm from March to November and 9am to 6pm from December to February.

Popular Events Close By

Past events at Rotorua Museum

Caring for Taonga Talk: POSTPONED

Rotorua Museum, Tue 31 Mar 2020
Caring for Taonga Talk

Rotorua Museum, Thu 24 Oct 2019
Outside the Walls Guided Tour

Rotorua Museum, Wed 7 Dec 2016 – Fri 30 Dec 2016
Carols with Rotorua District Choir

Rotorua Museum, Fri 2 Dec 2016
Caring for Your Taonga and Artworks At Home

Rotorua Museum, Thu 24 Nov 2016
Rotorua UkeBox

Rotorua Museum, Sun 18 Sep 2016 – Sun 20 Nov 2016
Hopetoun Brown - Look So Good tour

Rotorua Museum, Sat 19 Nov 2016
Hopetoun Brown - Finn Scholes

Rotorua Museum, Sat 19 Nov 2016
Wine and Cheese With Rembrandt

Rotorua Museum, Fri 28 Oct 2016
Muka Youth Prints

Rotorua Museum, Sun 28 Aug 2016
Talk By Sir Wira Gardiner

Rotorua Museum, Thu 1 Sep 2016
Rotorua UkeBox

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Jul 2016 – Sun 21 Aug 2016
Talk By Sarah Hillary - Identifying Lindauer: His Materials

Rotorua Museum, Thu 4 Aug 2016
July School Holidays Activity Trail

Rotorua Museum, Sat 9 Jul 2016 – Sun 24 Jul 2016
Colour the Night

Rotorua Museum, Thu 14 Jul 2016
Warren Houston - Artist Talk

Rotorua Museum, Thu 7 Jul 2016
Rotorua UkeBox

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Jan 2016 – Sun 19 Jun 2016
Top Art 2016

Rotorua Museum, Tue 7 Jun 2016 – Fri 17 Jun 2016
Matariki Whānau Night

Rotorua Museum, Sat 18 Jun 2016
Balls, Bullets and Boots – From Rugby Field to Battlefield

Rotorua Museum, Thu 17 Mar 2016 – Sun 29 May 2016
Whaikōrero With Dr Rangi Mātāmua

Rotorua Museum, Thu 2 Jun 2016
Talk: Rugby Historian Clive Akers

Rotorua Museum, Sun 8 May 2016
Every Tea Towel Tells a Story

Rotorua Museum, Sat 23 Jan 2016 – Sun 1 May 2016
April School Holiday Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Mon 18 Apr 2016 – Fri 29 Apr 2016
An Evening with Celebrity Chef Richard Till

Rotorua Museum, Thu 7 Apr 2016
Curator Talk about Theo Schoon: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Thu 10 Mar 2016
Places+Faces, Art+History

Rotorua Museum, Sat 30 May 2015 – Sun 21 Feb 2016
Wingspan Falcon Visits

Rotorua Museum, Sat 30 Jan 2016 – Sun 21 Feb 2016
The Face Behind the Moko

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Jan 2016
Tā Moko Demonstrations by Richard Francis

Rotorua Museum, Thu 7 Jan 2016 – Fri 8 Jan 2016
Steampunk & Vintage Christmas Party

Rotorua Museum, Sat 12 Dec 2015
Family Singalong Christmas Carols with Rotorua Choir

Rotorua Museum, Sat 5 Dec 2015
Rotorua UkeBox

Rotorua Museum, Sun 19 Jul 2015 – Sun 15 Nov 2015
Hopetoun Brown - Burning Fuse Album Release Tour

Rotorua Museum, Sun 1 Nov 2015
Dr Justin Hodgkiss – The Solar Revolution

Rotorua Museum, Thu 22 Oct 2015
Night & Day: The Curious Collections of Tony Fomison

Rotorua Museum, Sat 4 Jul 2015 – Sun 11 Oct 2015
Crack the Code

Rotorua Museum, Sat 26 Sep 2015 – Sun 11 Oct 2015
A Creative Journey – A Talk by 3D Sand Artist Jamie Harkins

Rotorua Museum, Thu 15 Oct 2015
Music at the Museum: The Wellington City Shake-‘Em-On-Downer

Rotorua Museum, Thu 24 Sep 2015
Talk: Peter Alsop – Selling the Dream

Rotorua Museum, Sun 6 Sep 2015
Locating Frances Hodgkins – A Talk by Mary Kisler

Rotorua Museum, Thu 20 Aug 2015
July School Holiday Drop-In Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Mon 6 Jul 2015 – Fri 17 Jul 2015
Colour the Night

Rotorua Museum, Thu 9 Jul 2015
Ten Days in the Desert Sands of History

Rotorua Museum, Sun 28 Jun 2015
Matariki Whanau Night

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Jun 2015
Whiria – Weaving Global Connections

Rotorua Museum, Sat 28 Mar 2015 – Sun 7 Jun 2015
Local Weavers Floor Talk in Whiria

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 May 2015
John Perry Floor Talk

Rotorua Museum, Sun 3 May 2015
Rotorua District Field of Remembrance

Rotorua Museum, Thu 23 Apr 2015 – Tue 28 Apr 2015
Book Launch: Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History

Rotorua Museum, Wed 29 Apr 2015
April School Holiday Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Sat 11 Apr 2015 – Fri 17 Apr 2015
Urban Release of Endangered NZ Falcons

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Dec 2014 – Sun 29 Mar 2015
Patti Puhn Floor Talk in Whiria

Rotorua Museum, Wed 1 Apr 2015
Wingspan Falcon Visits

Rotorua Museum, Sat 24 Jan 2015 – Sat 28 Feb 2015
Children's Day Celebrations

Rotorua Museum, Fri 27 Feb 2015 – Sun 1 Mar 2015
Community Christmas Tree

Rotorua Museum, Mon 1 Dec 2014 – Mon 5 Jan 2015
Drop-In Christmas Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Dec 2014 – Sun 21 Dec 2014
Body in Action Family Fun Day

Rotorua Museum, Sat 13 Dec 2014
Wide Horizons - Panoramic Photographs of Rotorua

Rotorua Museum, Sat 18 Oct 2014 – Sun 30 Nov 2014
Great War Stories

Rotorua Museum, Wed 2 Jul 2014 – Sun 23 Nov 2014
Yarn Bomb Poppy Making

Rotorua Museum, Sat 25 Oct 2014 – Mon 27 Oct 2014
October School Holiday Drop-in Crafts

Rotorua Museum, Mon 29 Sep 2014 – Fri 10 Oct 2014
Dinosaur Footprints – A Story of Discovery

Rotorua Museum, Sat 6 Sep 2014 – Sun 12 Oct 2014
Shakespeare Outside Othello Auditions

Rotorua Museum, Sat 27 Sep 2014 – Sun 28 Sep 2014
Phantom City

Rotorua Museum, Sat 28 Jun 2014 – Sun 7 Sep 2014
Kids Dinosaur Footprints Fun

Rotorua Museum, Sun 14 Sep 2014
Safety in Numbers

Rotorua Museum, Sat 12 Apr 2014 – Sun 24 Aug 2014
Phantom City Floor Talk with Karl Chitham

Rotorua Museum, Thu 7 Aug 2014
Urban Release of Endangered Nz Falcons

Rotorua Museum, Tue 6 May 2014 – Sun 20 Jul 2014
World War One Floor Talk with Chris Rapley

Rotorua Museum, Sun 20 Jul 2014
Storytime

Rotorua Museum, Sun 13 Jul 2014
A Continuous Line: The Art of Dennis K. Turner

Rotorua Museum, Sat 29 Mar 2014 – Sun 8 Jun 2014
Te Ara: Maori Pathways of Leadership

Rotorua Museum, Sat 29 Mar 2014 – Sun 8 Jun 2014
Richard Wolfe – Looking at Ourselves: The Painted

Rotorua Museum, Sat 24 May 2014
Now & Then

Rotorua Museum, Sat 15 Mar 2014 – Sun 11 May 2014

Caring for Taonga Talk

Rotorua Museum, Tue 27 Oct 2020
Caring for Taonga Talk

Rotorua Museum, Thu 27 Jun 2019
Rotorua UkeBox Ukulele Jam and Open Mic

Rotorua Museum, Sun 18 Sep 2016 – Sun 18 Dec 2016
Inner Worlds: The Art and Life of Walter Bakkenes

Rotorua Museum, Thu 1 Sep 2016 – Sun 27 Nov 2016
Talk: The Fenton Agreement

Rotorua Museum, Fri 25 Nov 2016
Rembrandt Remastered

Rotorua Museum, Sat 3 Sep 2016 – Sun 20 Nov 2016
Cool and Collected

Rotorua Museum, Sat 1 Oct 2016 – Sun 20 Nov 2016
Talk: The Art and Life of Walter Bakkenes

Rotorua Museum, Thu 3 Nov 2016
Little Shoppe of Poems - Rhythm and Rhymes Festival

Rotorua Museum, Fri 26 Aug 2016
Little Shoppe of Poems - Rhythm and Rhymes

Rotorua Museum, Fri 26 Aug 2016
Sunlight - Ihi Kōmaru

Rotorua Museum, Sat 21 May 2016 – Sun 14 Aug 2016
Nightmare At the Museum 2016 - Are You Brave Enough

Rotorua Museum, Fri 5 Aug 2016 – Sun 7 Aug 2016
Talk - Solar Power: 3 Billion Years Ago and Today

Rotorua Museum, Thu 11 Aug 2016
July School Holiday Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Sat 9 Jul 2016 – Sun 24 Jul 2016
Māori Poetry and Music

Rotorua Museum, Sun 3 Jul 2016
Nightmare At the Museum 2016 - Call for Volunteers

Rotorua Museum, Fri 3 Jun 2016 – Sun 26 Jun 2016
Rotorua UkeBox Uke Jam and Open Mic

Rotorua Museum, Sun 17 Apr 2016 – Sun 19 Jun 2016
The History Behind Karetao Pūoro - With James Webster

Rotorua Museum, Sun 19 Jun 2016
He Pou Aroha Community Cenotaph - Discover Your Connection

Rotorua Museum, Wed 6 Apr 2016 – Sun 29 May 2016
New Zealand Music Month - Celebrating Maori Waiata

Rotorua Museum, Thu 26 May 2016
New Zealand Music Month - Classic Kiwi Hits

Rotorua Museum, Wed 25 May 2016
AEIOU

Rotorua Museum, Sat 21 Nov 2015 – Sun 1 May 2016
Splutter and Waffle - Theo Schoon’s Rotorua

Rotorua Museum, Sat 27 Feb 2016 – Sun 1 May 2016
Anzac Day – Ka Maumahara Tonu Tatau Ki a Ratau

Rotorua Museum, Mon 25 Apr 2016
The Great Rotorua Museum Easter Egg Hunt

Rotorua Museum, Sat 19 Mar 2016 – Tue 29 Mar 2016
Celebrate Children’s Day - Treasure our Children

Rotorua Museum, Sat 5 Mar 2016
Play Space

Rotorua Museum, Sat 21 Nov 2015 – Tue 16 Feb 2016
Kuia Mau Moko

Rotorua Museum, Tue 24 Nov 2015 – Sun 17 Jan 2016
Talk: The History of Tā Moko by Richard Francis

Rotorua Museum, Sun 10 Jan 2016
More FM Rotorua Museum Community Christmas Tree

Rotorua Museum, Tue 1 Dec 2015 – Tue 5 Jan 2016
Drop-In Christmas Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Sat 5 Dec 2015 – Sun 13 Dec 2015
AEIOU Family Day

Rotorua Museum, Sun 22 Nov 2015
Music at the Museum - Hopetoun Brown

Rotorua Museum, Sun 1 Nov 2015
Talk: John Perry - Every Picture Tells a Story or Two

Rotorua Museum, Wed 4 Nov 2015
2015 Rotorua Museum Art Awards Exhibition

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Jun 2015 – Sun 11 Oct 2015
Selling the Dream - NZ Graphic Art Tourism Posters

Rotorua Museum, Sat 4 Jul 2015 – Sun 11 Oct 2015
Under the Wing Family Day

Rotorua Museum, Sat 10 Oct 2015
October School Holiday Drop-In Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Mon 28 Sep 2015 – Sun 4 Oct 2015
Painting with Light – A Talk by Kurien ‘Koshy’ Yohannan

Rotorua Museum, Thu 17 Sep 2015
Muka Youth Prints

Rotorua Museum, Sat 15 Aug 2015 – Sun 16 Aug 2015
Music at the Museum - Presented by the Rogue Stage

Rotorua Museum, Thu 6 Aug 2015
The New Zealand Art Market – A Talk by Robert Eagle

Rotorua Museum, Thu 16 Jul 2015
Whaikōrero with Dr Rangi Mātāmua

Rotorua Museum, Thu 25 Jun 2015
Corrugations – The Art of Jeff Thomson

Rotorua Museum, Fri 3 Apr 2015 – Sun 21 Jun 2015
Top Art 2015

Rotorua Museum, Mon 25 May 2015 – Fri 5 Jun 2015
Jeff Thomson Floor Talk

Rotorua Museum, Sun 31 May 2015
Pick & Mix

Rotorua Museum, Sat 11 Oct 2014 – Sun 10 May 2015
Anzac Day – Ka maumahara tonu tatau ki a ratou

Rotorua Museum, Sat 25 Apr 2015
Talking about Tangata Whenua

Rotorua Museum, Wed 29 Apr 2015
Easter Egg Hunt

Rotorua Museum, Fri 3 Apr 2015 – Sun 19 Apr 2015
Yarn Bomb Poppy Making

Rotorua Museum, Sat 11 Apr 2015 – Sun 12 Apr 2015
International Weavers Talk in Whiria

Rotorua Museum, Sun 29 Mar 2015
Body in Action

Rotorua Museum, Sat 13 Dec 2014 – Sun 15 Mar 2015
Children’s Day

Rotorua Museum, Sun 1 Mar 2015
Behind the Scenes

Rotorua Museum, Sun 22 Feb 2015
Jack Lang - Photographs of Rotorua

Rotorua Museum, Fri 26 Sep 2014 – Sat 20 Dec 2014
Rotorua District Choir - Christmas Around the World

Rotorua Museum, Fri 5 Dec 2014 – Sun 7 Dec 2014
David Trubridge: So Far

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Sep 2014 – Sun 30 Nov 2014
Wide Horizons Floor Talk with Ann Somerville

Rotorua Museum, Sun 30 Nov 2014
Death of Nomad - A play Written and Performed By Ana Scotney

Rotorua Museum, Fri 21 Nov 2014 – Sun 23 Nov 2014
How to Care for your Photographs - With Darryl Gallagher

Rotorua Museum, Sun 19 Oct 2014
Crack the Code

Rotorua Museum, Sat 27 Sep 2014 – Sun 12 Oct 2014
NZ Dinosaur Illustrations – A Floor Talk by Geoffrey Cox

Rotorua Museum, Sun 12 Oct 2014
David Trubridge Floor Talk

Rotorua Museum, Sat 20 Sep 2014
The Science of Dinosaur Footprints

Rotorua Museum, Sun 14 Sep 2014
Phantom City Craft Workshops

Rotorua Museum, Sun 3 Aug 2014 – Sun 31 Aug 2014
His Own Steam: A Barry Brickell Survey

Rotorua Museum, Sat 24 May 2014 – Sun 24 Aug 2014
Capture the Raptor Photo Competition Exhibition

Rotorua Museum, Wed 16 Apr 2014 – Tue 22 Jul 2014
July School Holiday Craft Activities

Rotorua Museum, Mon 7 Jul 2014 – Fri 18 Jul 2014
Top Art 2014

Rotorua Museum, Mon 30 Jun 2014 – Fri 11 Jul 2014
Matariki Whanau Night

Rotorua Museum, Sat 28 Jun 2014
Mirror Mirror

Rotorua Museum, Sat 29 Mar 2014 – Sun 8 Jun 2014
Barry Brickell and David Craig Floor Talk

Rotorua Museum, Sat 24 May 2014
The Age of Aquarius: A 1970s Revolution in Fashion

Rotorua Museum, Sat 15 Feb 2014 – Sun 11 May 2014
Te Ara Floor Talk With Paul Tapsell: CANCELLED

Rotorua Museum, Sun 18 May 2014

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