Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre

Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre East Otago’s leading regional museum.

In addition to a collection of over 19,000 items, the Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre offers a genealogy research service and hosts a gift shop selling the work of local artists and craftspeople, and an information centre.

We have beautiful new stock in our gift shop, with something for everyone. Come in to have a look! We'll be open Wednesd...
06/09/2026

We have beautiful new stock in our gift shop, with something for everyone. Come in to have a look!

We'll be open Wednesday and Thursday from 1-4pm, and Friday to Sunday from 10am - 4pm.

See you soon. :)

Are you keen for some entertainment? Head along to our Heritage Centre this Saturday at 2:30pm to hear Steve's deepest s...
27/08/2026

Are you keen for some entertainment? Head along to our Heritage Centre this Saturday at 2:30pm to hear Steve's deepest secrets.

We're very lucky he's coming to speak at our AGM and we look forward to seeing you there. :)

Join us on Saturday 29 August to hear from local legend Steve Larkins! He's kindly agreed to share his deepest secrets a...
20/08/2026

Join us on Saturday 29 August to hear from local legend Steve Larkins! He's kindly agreed to share his deepest secrets at our AGM at 2:30pm and we'd love to see you there.

What a fantastic night! 🎉We were delighted to see such a great turnout for our quiz night recently at the RSA Hall, wher...
27/07/2026

What a fantastic night! 🎉

We were delighted to see such a great turnout for our quiz night recently at the RSA Hall, where we raised $1,308 for our museum. What a fantastic result!

Congratulations to the winning quiz teams, who received 1st, 2nd and 3rd place vouchers. A huge thank you to our generous sponsors and to Chrissie for all the hard work she put into gathering the amazing raffle prizes. We also drew the winners of our sheepskin raffle, which raised $244.

Special thanks to our quiz master Stuart Walker who did an excellent job keeping the evening running smoothly and keeping everyone entertained.

Finally, we'd like to extend our sincere thanks to the RSA members, who couldn't have been more helpful, and to our wonderful museum volunteers who worked behind the scenes to make the evening such a success.

Well done everyone, and thank you for your support! 👏

A reminder about the fabulous children's art exhibition that's on until the end of the month. Come along and vote for yo...
16/07/2026

A reminder about the fabulous children's art exhibition that's on until the end of the month. Come along and vote for your favourite artwork, and also learn some interesting history about our fabulous corner of the world. See you soon!

Do you want a school holiday or winter activity to keep your wee ones busy? Come along to our children's art exhibition ...
07/07/2026

Do you want a school holiday or winter activity to keep your wee ones busy? Come along to our children's art exhibition from tomorrow until the end of July and vote for your favourite artwork.

We also have some great games and activities in our gift shop to keep you entertained so make sure you check them out while you're here.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Thank you everyone!! Our June art exhibition had over 380 visitors and seven paintings were sold. We loved seeing so man...
02/07/2026

Thank you everyone!! Our June art exhibition had over 380 visitors and seven paintings were sold. We loved seeing so many of you and sharing the celebrations for our fifth birthday.

Here's a photo of the workshop with one of our local talents, Sue Lean. A big thanks to all the artists who held workshops and talks, to share their passion with our community.

We are very grateful to everyone for your ongoing support of our fabulous volunteer-run museum. :)

Our exhibition of local artists is drawing to a close so make sure you come in to have a look at the fabulous talent we ...
25/06/2026

Our exhibition of local artists is drawing to a close so make sure you come in to have a look at the fabulous talent we are lucky enough to have in our community!

A big thank you to everyone who has joined our fifth birthday celebrations for the Heritage Centre. We are so grateful for your ongoing support to keep our volunteer-run museum running.

Another artist featured in our June exhibition is Jackie Matheson, a member of the Otago Art Society who dabbled and pai...
16/06/2026

Another artist featured in our June exhibition is Jackie Matheson, a member of the Otago Art Society who dabbled and painted from a young age. "Now with more time on my hands I am really enjoying getting seriously back into my art... I have also successfully exhibited and sold my work."

Come in today or tomorrow between 1-4pm or Friday - Sunday between 10am - 4pm to see Jackie's art, alongside other local artists. Most artwork is for sale so you can enjoy it well beyond the exhibition by having it in your home!

We still have two events coming up that are part of our 5th birthday celebrations:
🎨June 20th @ 2-3pm Zenobia Southcombe presentation (just turn up at our Heritage Centre)
🎨June 26th & 27th @ 11-3pm Sue Lean "Introduction to Painting in oil" workshop - txt 022 0145596 to register

Here are some images from another of the artists exhibiting at our Heritage Centre during June. Jeff Matheson says, "Hav...
12/06/2026

Here are some images from another of the artists exhibiting at our Heritage Centre during June. Jeff Matheson says, "Having been my wife's critic for many years, I decided to give her an opportunity to respond. Painting gives me time to experiment and try new things as I now have retired."

Come in today and tomorrow between 10am - 4pm to see Jeff's beautiful artwork, as well as other artwork by talented local artists.

Address

200 Main Road
Dunedin
9510

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
Thursday 1pm - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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