RUSSELL MUSEUM

Today, reflecting different needs, the building houses the Russell Museum and a community library. The organisation is community focused. Te Whare Taonga o Kororāreka | Russell Museum aims to reflect the history of the town and to support historic preservation. The museum's collection is important in promoting New Zealand culture because Russell - then named Kororāreka - lay at the threshold of the earliest connection between the two worlds of Māori and Pākehā. The collection dates from before then and it is always being added to... Russell Museum Te Whare Taonga o Kororareka shares the culture and stories of Kororāreka Russell and Īpipiri Bay of Islands with the world

Primary location: Russell New Zealand