Mataura Museum

Mataura Museum Our collection reflects Mataura's rich social and industrial heritage. We are based in a 1880s Cottage which we have restored as the town's Museum.

Interactive technology helps bring our Town's stories to life & our Cottage garden adds colour and charm.

Mataura Rugby Football Club is having their 140th years celebration on the 22nd - 24th May 2026. This is the 6th decade ...
19/05/2026

Mataura Rugby Football Club is having their 140th years celebration on the 22nd - 24th May 2026.

This is the 6th decade group at the Mataura Rugby Club's Reunion in 1995.

Identified: (left to right)
Back row: John Graham, Hamish Cameron, Jim McIntosh, Ian Grant, Doug Horne, Hugh Jenkins, Des Horne.
Middle row: Keith Henderson, Maurice Balloch, Bernie McConnell, Alan Weatherburn, Clive Ball, Jack Mutchin, Colin Thompson, Dan Taylor.
Front row: Maurice Barclay, Bill Jenkins, Jack Linklater, Andy Richmond, Gilbert Thomson, George Dixon, Peter Folster, Ian Herbison.

If anybody would like some quinces they can be collected from the Museum on Thursdays after 10am.
27/04/2026

If anybody would like some quinces they can be collected from the Museum on Thursdays after 10am.

We will be closed tomorrow for Anzac Day. This is the RED CROSS WAR-TIME RATIONING COOKERY BOOK. It is a flip type, pape...
24/04/2026

We will be closed tomorrow for Anzac Day.

This is the RED CROSS WAR-TIME RATIONING COOKERY BOOK. It is a flip type, paper covered book that has a recipe for every day of the year, as well as hints for coping with stress and rationing. Every page has a hint using a Hansells product. It was issued in 1943 by the New Zealand Department of Health.

02/04/2026

We will be closed from Friday the 3rd of April till Friday the 10th April. Have a good holiday don’t eat too many Easter eggs!

These are 2 of our new displays at the Museum. Come in and check them out!
15/03/2026

These are 2 of our new displays at the Museum. Come in and check them out!

The Mataura Musuem will be closed for Christmas and New Year from Sunday 21st December 2025 till Friday 9th January 2026...
21/12/2025

The Mataura Musuem will be closed for Christmas and New Year from Sunday 21st December 2025 till Friday 9th January 2026.
Enquires to Margaret Young 0224615750.
We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄🎅

We recently lost another valuable member at the museum Rosemary Dunlop. Her memory recall on Mataura people and places w...
10/11/2025

We recently lost another valuable member at the museum Rosemary Dunlop. Her memory recall on Mataura people and places was nothing short of amazing. If Rosemary didn’t know something she would look through our many files and books at the Museum till she found it. Her contribution to the museum will be sadly missed.

21/10/2025

All of us here at the Mataura Museum would like to thank everyone who contributed to our garage sale either with donations or purchasing goods. It was very successful.

Please come and support us!
24/09/2025

Please come and support us!

We are saddened by the loss of our two long term members Edna McKelvie and Noeline Shaw. They are sitting 2nd and 3rd in...
15/08/2025

We are saddened by the loss of our two long term members Edna McKelvie and Noeline Shaw.
They are sitting 2nd and 3rd in the front row.

We would like to thank them for everything they have done for the community and for us at the musuem.

You will both be dearly missed.

Address

68 Kana Street Mataura
Gore
9712

Telephone

+6432037924

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