The Museum’s Natural History Information Centre provides the opportunity for visitors to find out more about our exhibits, our natural history collections and New Zealand’s unique natural environment.
The centre can be found in the Origins Gallery, on the first floor. With a strong emphasis on multi-media resources, the information centre provides interactive access to a diverse range of natural history topics. We can also provide information on the various organisations that are involved in the protection of New Zealand’s natural environment.
Our staff are available to answer your questions and to assist with the use of resources. We also cater to school, hobby and special interest groups who can pre-book for a focused tour.
Identifications
Our staff are available to provide identifications of natural history related specimens and objects.
Natural history questions? Ask us...
The information centre gets thousands of enquiries each year, via phone, fax, email and from Museum visitors. We can help with information about:
- plants and animals of New Zealand.
- endangered, threatened and extinct species
- biology including behaviour and life-cycles
- ecology, conservation and the environment
- biodiversity
- the impact of humans on the land
- general information about New Zealand
- information about the Auckland War Memorial Museum
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Natural History Questions?
Read useful and interesting information for commonly asked questions about plants, animals and endangered, threatened and extinct species...such as Which way do snails coil in their shells?
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Fact Sheets
Our Natural History Information Centre provides a number of fact sheets for school students, researchers and the general public to access. The different topics include a fact sheet on the tuatara - the last representative on Earth of a group of reptiles that appeared at the same time the dinosaurs were evolving.
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Hours
The Natural History Information Centre is open seven days of the week from 10am to 5pm, all year round except for Christmas day and ANZAC morning.
Online Database
Search the Natural History database of objects and specimans in the galleries. Also find here useful links to external resources.
Identifications
Whether you want to identify a strange spider, unknown plant, fish or find out what the frogs had for lunch, our staff are there to help. If you have something you want identified, contact the following Museum services:
Natural History Information Centre
Weird & Wonderful
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Contact Us
Staff are happy to assist you with any questions you may have about our natural environment. If you cannot come in to the Museum, you are welcome to phone, fax, or email us.
Phone: 09 309 0443 ext 853
Fax: 09 379 9956
Physical Address:
Origins Gallery
1st Floor (Natural History)
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Postal Address:
Natural History Information Centre
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Private Bag 92018
Auckland
NEW ZEALAND
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