Membership
Established in 1998, through the merger of Museum Directors Federation (MDF) and Museums Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (MAANZ), Museums Aotearoa membership is open to individuals/institutions who subscribe to and act in accordance with our Code of Ethics.
Museums Aotearoa strives to be the strong, objective, fully representative voice for the evolving museum community, and to promote a shared sense of professionalism, solidarity and identity. Museums Aotearoa is actively involved in promotion of individual as well as museum member opportunities.
In becoming a member of the national professional body you signal your commitment to the museum sector, its ethics and principles.
Current Member Institutions
Adam Art Gallery
Aigantighe Art Gallery
Air Force Museum
Akaroa Museum
Albertland & District Museum
Aratoi
Ashburton Art Gallery
Ashburton Museum & Historical Society
Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Bowls New Zealand Museum
Broadgreen Historic House
Butler Point Whaling Museum
Cable Car Museum
Canterbury Museum
Capital E
Carter Observatory
Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum
Christchurch Art Gallery
City Gallery Wellington
Clyde Historical Museums Inc
Coach House Museum
Coaltown Museum
Collingwood Museum
Colonial Cottage Museum
Corban Estate Arts Centre
Dannevirke Gallery of History
Dargaville Museum
Dinosaurs Aotearoa Museum Trust
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
East Coast Museum of Technology
Eastern Southland Gallery
EcoWorld Science Heritage & Education Trust
Edwin Fox Maritime Centre
Expressions Arts & Entertainment Centre
Far North Regional Museum
Forrester Gallery
George Fraser Gallery
Geraldine Vintage Car & Machinery Museum
Golden Bay Museum & Gallery
Gore Historical Museum
Gus Fisher Gallery
Hastings City Art Gallery
Hawke's Bay Museum & Art Gallery
Historic Transport Museum Trust
Hocken Collections
Hokianga Historical Society
Hokonui Moonshine Museum
Howick Historical Village
Isel House
Jack Morgan Museum
Kaikohe Pioneer Village
Kaiparoro Historic House Museum
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
Kawhia Regional Museum Gallery
Lakes District Museum Inc
Lopdell House Gallery
Mahara Gallery
Mangawhai Museum
Marlborough Museum
Matamata Historical Society
Museum of Audio Visual Arts & Sciences
Mercury Bay Museum
Millennium Public Art Gallery
Motueka District Museum
Murchison Museum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT)
Museum of Wellington City & Sea
National Army Museum
National Railway Museum of NZ Inc
National Scout Museum
Navy Museum
Nelson Provincial Museum
New Zealand Cricket Museum
New Zealand Cultural Heritage Charitable Trust
New Zealand Police Museum
New Zealand Portrait Gallery
New Zealand Rugby Museum
North Otago Electricity Heritage Trust
North Otago Museum
Northland Medical Museum Trust
Objectspace
Okains Bay Maori & Colonial Museum
Olympic Museum Gallery
Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre
Onehunga Fencible & Historical Society Inc
Onga Onga Museum Complex
Onslow Historical Society
Otago Settlers Museum
Otaki Museum
Otautau Museum
Our City O-Tautahi
Owaka Museum
Papakura Museum
Parliamentary Service
Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures
Percy Thomson Gallery
Pete's Pioneer Transport Museum
Petone Settlers Museum
Port Chalmers Regional Maritime Museum
Puke Ariki
Raglan & District Museum
Rangiora Museum
Reyburn House Art Gallery
Rotorua Museum of Art & History
Russell Museum
Salvation Army Territorial Archives & Museum
Sarjeant Gallery
Sir James Fletcher Kawerau Museum
South Canterbury Museum
South Otago Museum
South Taranaki District Museum
Southland Museum & Art Gallery
St. John Archive - Northern Region (S.I.)
Stewart Island Rakiura Museum
Tainui Historical Society
Tairawhiti Museum
Taranaki Pioneer Village
Taupo Museum
Tauranga Art Gallery
Tauranga Heritage Collection
Te Amorangi Trust Museum
Te Awamutu Museum
Te Manawa Museums Trust
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
Thames Historical Museum
Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre & Museum
The Kauri Museum
The New Zealand Timber Museum
The Physics Room
The Printing Museum
The Suter
TheNewDowse
Timeball Station
Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum
Tramway Historical Society
Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Waiheke Island Historical Society Inc
Waihi Arts Centre & Museum
Waikato Coalfields Museum
Waikato Museum
Waimakariri Art Collection Trust
Waimate Historical Museum & Archives
Waipu Heritage Centre
Wairoa Museum
Waitomo Caves Discovery Centre
Waiuku Museum Society
Wallace Trust Gallery
Wanaka Transport & Toy Museum
Warkworth & District Museum
Wellington Museums Trust
West Coast Historical Museum
Whakatane District Museum & Gallery
Whangarei Art Museum
Whangarei Museum & Kiwi House
Woolshed Museum
Wyndham Park Heritage Centre
Yaldhurst Museum of Transport & Science
Become a Member
Museums Aotearoa Membership Brochure
(see below for online application forms)
Membership entitles you to one free copy of the following publications:
- Directory of Museums of Aotearoa, (updated annually) and free listing for Museum and Associate members.
- e-museumsNEWS - a monthly compilation of museum relevant news clippings, emailed at the beginning of each month.
- e-museumsNOTICES - keeps you informed of issues affecting museums & relevant conferences,
emailed mid-month. - Code of Ethics – outlines responsibilities of Museums, Governing Bodies
and staff to collections and public. - Strategy for the Museum Sector in New Zealand 2005
- Te Ara - the biannual on-line journal of Museums Aotearoa
Membership provides a range of opportunities:
- Museums Aotearoa Membership Card provides discounts at many museums
- Email Information Service distributes job vacancy and event announcements
- Preferential advertising rates in Museums Aotearoa publications
- Conferences and AGM
- Kaitiaki Hui
- Facilitation of applications
- Scholarships and grants, including eligibility for Clark Collection / Creative New Zealand Scholarship,
Asia/NZ Foundation Museums Award and the Mina McKenzie Scholarship - Advocacy, at regional and national level
- Eligibility for election to Museums Aotearoa Board
- Members’ web forum
- Special interest groups - SIGs
Individual Members
Individual membership is open to all persons who subscribe to and act in accordance with the Code of Ethics of Museums Aotearoa, and who are employed or engaged by a Museum, or who support the objects of Museums Aotearoa. This membership is not transferrable.
Museum Members
‘Museum’ means an organisation which is primarily engaged in collecting, caring for, developing, exhibiting or interpreting the natural and cultural heritage of Aotearoa / New Zealand. The term includes marae and exhibition galleries, or centres which are maintained on an on-going basis by other organisations. Membership is open to all museums which subscribe to and act in accordance with the Code of Ethics of Museums Aotearoa.
Associate Members
An Associate is an individual or organisation associated with the museum sector, as a patron or service provider. Associate members must have their application endorsed by a Museum Member, and are entitled to a Directory listing. Associated Members List