Roadside oddity
Steampunk HQ
Oamaru, Otago
A walk-through steampunk fantasy of machines, lights and dimensions, in an old Oamaru building.
- Price
- Adult entry, check website for current price
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
Part gallery, part playground, Steampunk HQ fills a stone warehouse with sculpted contraptions, a mirrored room and some odd interactive installations. The Victorian town around it gave Oamaru its steampunk reputation. Allow an hour and expect to want a coffee afterwards.
Good to know
- Pair with a walk around the Victorian Precinct
- Good rainy-day stop
- Best time
- Anytime, quieter on weekday mornings
- Open
- Check opening days
- Getting there
- Town centre street parking, short walk from the harbour
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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