Former name | Wanganui Public Museum, Alexander Museum |
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Established | 1895 |
Location | Whanganui, New Zealand |
Coordinates | 39°55′54″S 175°03′07″E / 39.9317°S 175.0519°E |
Collections | Natural history, taonga Māori, history |
Collection size | 300,000 |
Founder | Samuel Henry Drew |
Website | www |
The Whanganui Regional Museum in Whanganui, New Zealand, has an extensive collection of natural and human-history objects. The emphasis is on items from the Manawatu-Wanganui region, but the collection also includes objects of national and international significance, such as Pacific tapa, ceramics from Asia and Cyprus, and moa bones from nearby Makirikiri Swamp.