Museum
Mercury Bay Museum
Whitianga, Waikato
A small museum on the harbour front covering Māori history, Cook and kauri shipping.
- Price
- Small entry fee
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
Compact and well kept, with displays on early Māori settlement at Mercury Bay, Cook's 1769 visit and the region's logging history. A decent rainy-day stop that does not take long.
Good to know
- Check hours before going, especially in winter
- Pair with a coffee along the wharf
- Best time
- Rainy afternoon
- Getting there
- Flat harbour-front walk, parking nearby
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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