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Museum exploring the country's seafaring history through exhibits & sailing trips on replica ships.
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Went there during the first NZ Ocean festival. Remarkable experience at maritime museum. See how team New Zealand worked so hard to get the trophy. Highly recommended!
Great museum with complimentary tour and a nice cruise on their 57' Gaff rigged scow.
I had free entry due to being a member of the maritime museum in Sydney, Australia. But I did have to pay for the harbour cruise on the scow.
I definitely recommend visiting the museum.
I had free entry due to being a member of the maritime museum in Sydney, Australia. But I did have to pay for the harbour cruise on the scow.
I definitely recommend visiting the museum.
There is so much going on, I had to come back a second day just to cover the art exposition. Luckily, my ticket on a holiday included an entrance on the next day. The history and culture of the first migrations were well presented. The theme of Akways Song in the Water provided a different aspect of the Maritime experience.
One of the best museums that I’ve been. The design of the journey of seamanship in New Zealand is displayed very well in the museum. This is a never miss spot if you visit Auckland for sure. As a sailor myself doing around the world race I got inspired more from their stories and histories all around. And of course the americas cup boat is the crown jewel everyone wants to see. Go and have the full sailor experience.
Nice museum dedicated to New Zealand’s maritime history. Starts off with Polynesian and Māori vessels, moves to settlement and
Immigration, coastal trading, and modern day successes at the Americas cup. Some cool boats inside as well as berthed outside.
I particularly enjoyed the art collection at the end of the tour.
I’m not very knowledgeable about boats but I was able to follow and learn as I went through the experience.
Immigration, coastal trading, and modern day successes at the Americas cup. Some cool boats inside as well as berthed outside.
I particularly enjoyed the art collection at the end of the tour.
I’m not very knowledgeable about boats but I was able to follow and learn as I went through the experience.
We all had great time sailing on the Ted Ashby yacht and seeing the Auckland skyline from the boat is amazing. Going under the harbor bridge is also amazing. Later we explored the museum and had time looking at the sailing experiences from past till now. Team is really great made our experience memorable. ✨😊
The museum is not very big comparing to maritime museums in bigger countries. You should be able to visit it in 1,5 hour. It is however very interesting. Exhibition ranges from Polynesian sailing (amazing how these people navigated with these rudimentary canoes), discovery of New Zealand, immigration (moving decks display)development of local shipping to local sailing.
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