Tairāwhiti Museum is a 5-minute walk from the CBD, across Peel Street Bridge and through Kelvin Park. There is free parking on Stout Street.
Opening Hours
- Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
- Sunday and Public Holidays 1:30pm – 4:00pm
- Closed – Easter Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Admission
- Adults $5 (12 years and under and Friends of the Museum free entry)
- Free entry every day for local residents!
Exhibit Cafe
- Monday – Friday 9am to 2.00pm, closed weekends
What’s Happening at the Museum
Exhibitions
Drawing Life – Norman Maclean
Opening: 30/08/24 5:30 pm
Spanning 15 years or more, Norman Maclean participated in and organised ‘Life Drawing from the Nude Model’ sessions in Lysnar House Studios on behalf of the Gisborne Artists’ Society. Many of the models were international travellers who answered his promotional flyer placed in backpacker accommodation in the city. Life drawing is about engaging in a... Read more »
Hand Coloured: Photography’s parallel universe
Opening: 23/08/24 5:30 pm
This exhibition about the history and range of hand-coloured photography is a selected blend of the Museum’s collection and that of a private collection begun in Gisborne in 1993 and now numbering 220 examples. It traces the development of this rich and varied tradition from the 1850s until 2012, the colouring an attempt to bring... Read more »
Photographers, Potters & Artists
Opening: 16/08/24 5:30 pm
Each year this annual exhibition allows the local arts community and affiliated groups the opportunity to participate and display their most recent creations. This show is the pulse of local creatives, who gather in their collectives to support and devise ways of fostering their particular mode of art practice. This major show plays host to... Read more »
He Kākahu Rerehua | The Uplifiting Wind
Unfurling the wings of majestic Māori garments cared for by Tairāwhiti Museum
Opening: 01/10/23 2:00 pm
Events
Hand Coloured: Photography’s parallel universe
By Peter Ireland and Dudley Meadows. This exhibition about the history and range of hand-coloured photography is a selected blend of the Museum’s collection and that of a private collection begun in Gisborne in 1993 and now numbering 220 examples. It traces the development of this rich and varied tradition from the 1850s until 2012,... Read more »
