Mangawhai Museum

Mangawhai Museum There's plenty to see. Mangawhai Museum celebrates life round our harbour from building ships to building sandcastles.

WINTER HOURS OPEN
10am-2pm Weekdays
10am-4pm Weekend
Scaffolding is up for roof remediation - we are still open beneath it!

📚 Next Book Fair: Labour Weekend 📚 Donations of recent releases welcome at reception year-round

🎟️ Annual Passes Available 🎟️ Learn about an epic battle of the Intertribal wars, lost bullion still waiting to be found from the second world war, the early pioneers of our dist

rict and the struggle to save the critically endangered Fairy Tern. The displays have been years in the making and will offer a trip down memory lane for some and for the younger people a chance to wonder at the stories of yesteryear in a visually entertaining way.

02/06/2026

Museum Lingo

30/05/2026

Packing down the 🌪️Storm Zone🌪️ roadshow after sharing storm stories and resilience strategies with another school | Thanks for having us Maungaturoto Primary School | Made with the help of Northland Regional Council and transported in an eDeliver from Inchcape

29/05/2026

We packed 🌪️Storm Zone🌪️ into an eDeliver van* and took it to schools! Here’s a quick peek at the roadshow edit of our special exhibition in Maungaturoto Primary School’s MPR last week | Made with support from Northland Regional Council *Zero emissions thanks to Inchcape

Thanks for hosting us Maungaturoto Primary School PTA! We loved sharing storm stories and storm readiness with you! 🌪️St...
28/05/2026

Thanks for hosting us Maungaturoto Primary School PTA! We loved sharing storm stories and storm readiness with you!

🌪️Storm Zone🌪️ the Roadshow was funded by Northland Regional Council and transported in an eDeliver van supplied by Inchcape.

We are in need of more painters, assistant groundskeepers, and people willing to work a few hours a week on reception — ...
26/05/2026

We are in need of more painters, assistant groundskeepers, and people willing to work a few hours a week on reception — keen to get involved? Email [email protected]

22/05/2026

INTUITION TEST | Can you guess (or do you KNOW 😱) the names of these people? Museum open 10am-4pm weekends, 10am-2pm
winter weekdays. See you soon!

Mangawhai Museum is currently at Waipu Primary School! 🌪️Storm Zone🌪️ the roadshow has landed! What an incredible bunch ...
20/05/2026

Mangawhai Museum is currently at Waipu Primary School! 🌪️Storm Zone🌪️ the roadshow has landed! What an incredible bunch of students and teachers; we’re loving learning with you! Thank you to Northland Regional Council for supporting this exhibition and tour and Inchcape for providing our wheels by way of an eDeliver!

19/05/2026

Take a peek at Day 1 of the 🌪️Storm Zone🌪️ roadshow — we are so excited to be sharing local history, stories, and lessons in resilience with tamariki across the region! Open to the public 3:30-4:30pm Waipu Primary School gym Thu 21 May, entry by koha and in Maungaturoto next week!

Funded with support from Northland Regional Council and travelling in an eDeliver from Inchcape

10/05/2026

The fish walk at Mangawhai Museum, and we wouldn’t have it any other way! | Bring in your littles for a day of interactives where it’s warm and dry (an annual pass allows you to come again and again when the weather packs it in) Winter Hours 10am-2pm Weekdays 10am-4pm Weekends

09/05/2026

Fresh flowers, dried flowers, cards, and gifts — we’ve got you covered this Mother’s Day at Mangawhai Museum — come in today, it’s not too late to sort it (Offering to take kids to the museum and leaving a mum for a quiet patch and coming home with gifts is boss) | Open 10am-4pm today

Address

Molesworth Drive
Mangawhai
0505

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+6494314645

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