Hokitika Museum

Hokitika Museum
	Hokitika Museum in the Carnegie Building
Former name	West Coast Historical Museum
Established	1869
Location	17 Hamilton Street, Hokitika, New Zealand
Coordinates	42°43′08″S 170°57′40″E / 42.718753°S 170.961175°E
Architect	Arthur Griffin
Website	www.westlanddc.govt.nz/hokitika-museum; www.nzmuseums.co.nz/collections/3254/hokitika-museum
Heritage New Zealand – Category 2
Designated	11 December 2003
Reference no.	1702

Hokitika Museum is a museum in Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand, and is the West Coast's largest museum and archive. It is housed in the historic Hokitika Carnegie Library building. Exhibitions include information about the gold rush and the unique West Coast stone pounamu (greenstone) and its value to Māori. The museum also holds a significant photographic collection. Seismic strengthening requirements closed the museum in September 2019. According to the Westland District Council Web site as of December 2021^[update] the museum had not yet reopened.

^ Addison, Paul (6 December 2019). "Provincial architect with a competitive edge: Arthur Griffin, the early years". In McCarthy, Christine (ed.). "The raging fury of Edwardian ornamentation" meets "a virtual frenzy of stylism: New Zealand architecture in 1900s. Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington. pp. 18–23.

[1] Addison, Paul (6 December 2019). "Provincial architect with a competitive edge: Arthur Griffin, the early years". In McCarthy, Christine (ed.). "The raging fury of Edwardian ornamentation" meets "a virtual frenzy of stylism: New Zealand architecture in 1900s. Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington. pp. 18–23.

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