People
The ground level tells the story of Pacific People; Māori, Pakeha, the peoples of Oceania and other newcomers. These spaces examine the diversity of Pacific Island communities and the astonishing beauty of the objects they produced.
The Museum's neo-classical Grand Foyer is a beautiful place to get your bearings.
Read moreCiting tradition and innovation, Landmarks features pieces designed and made in Europe over the past four centuries.
Read moreThe Encounter gallery is now closed while we build a new, larger Special Exhibitions Hall.
Read moreThe Wild Child gallery is now closed while we build a new, larger Special Exhibitions Hall.
Read morePacific Lifeways displays the diversity of island communities across the Pacific and the common concepts and technologies that bind them across the vast reaches of that ocean.
Read morePacific Masterpieces shows some of the most beautiful and important Oceanic art and artefacts in the world, ranging from delicate combs to ocean going canoes and from feathered cloaks to shields.
Read moreMāori Court displays some of the most significant and beautiful taonga (Māori treasures) in the world.
Read moreIn 2006 after 12 years of building work and fundraising Auckland War Memorial Museum proudly threw open the doors to the brand new Dome.
Read moreThe Castle Gallery, on the Ground Floor, is now closed for refurbishment.
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