Welcome to Taupo Museum

Museum displays focus on the district's special local stories and our art gallery, with its changing exhibitions, is a much-loved favourite.

Opening Hours

Taupo Museum is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm; Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Admission Charges

  • $5 adults
  • $3 seniors, students, large groups and bus tours
  • Free to children, Taupo residents and ratepayers

Front of Taupo Museum

How to Find Us

In the centre of Taupo, at the traffic lights on State Highway 1, turn into Story Place and follow the signs to Taupo Museum.

Museum map
  1. Taupo Events Centre
  2. AC Baths, Taupo
  3. Owen Delany Park
  4. Great Lake Centre
  5. Taupo Visitor Centre & Library
  6. Taupo Museum
  7. Unison Amphitheatre

Events

Art Versus Art

25 November 2009 talk by artist Brett Taylor in conjunction with his current exhibition 'Beauty for Ashes' More →

Beauty for Ashes

21 November 2009 paintings, drawings and sculpture by Brett Taylor More →

Fire and Fibre II

19 December 2009 A combined exhibition from flax weaver Coralie Skinner, potter Bob McQuarrie and quilter Barbara McQuarrie, More →

Raw Intuition

16 January 2010 Ceramics and fibre by Maxine Jepson More →

Walking Art

13 February 2010 Images from the New Zealand Body Art Awards by Gino De Meer More →

Regular Meetings and Activities

Click to view Calendar