Kapiti Museums

• Paraparaumu: Southward Car Museum
• Paekakariki: Wellington Tramway Museum
• Te Horo: Hyde Park Museum
• Paekakariki: Railway Museum
• Otaki: Otaki Museum
• Waikanae: Kapiti Coast Museum
• Paraparaumu: Museum Of Aviation

The Southward Car Museum houses
a collection of over 350 vehicles, as well as three aircraft and various other exhibits including motorcycles, bicycles, fire engine etc.

Opening hours: 9am – 4.3Opm daily

Entry fees:
Adults - $12.00
Children - $3.00 (5–15 years)
Pre-schoolers - No Charge

Special rates for group bookings. Wheelchairs available.

The car museum is located on Otaihanga Road, Otaihanga, just north of Paraparaumu.

The Kapiti Coast Electric Tramway provides a glimpse into Wellington's past with its collection of working heritage trams and memorabillia.

The museum is open during weekends, public and school holidays.

Trams run regularly from the park entrance at MacKays Crossing for 2 Kms to Whareroa Beach.

When trams are running, the fare is $8.00 per adult, $4.00 per child or $20.00 per family and includes tram ride and museum entry. Entry by donation to Museum only, when Trams are not operating.

A chaotic collection of Kiwiana crammed into the former Te Horo Cheese Factory makes this unique. The personal collection of Selly Hyde has been expanded by donations from around the country. Thousands of items are displayed.

Free entrance. Donations welcome.

Open on Saturdays and Sundays only: 11am to 3pm

Paekakariki people have served the railway since 1886. Both its station and signal box built in 1910 have been restored by the community. In the station museum are stories of US Marines and local history.

Free entrance. Donations welcome.

Open on Friday, weekends and public holidays: 11am to 3pm

Telling Otaki Stories. Otaki is the oldest town on the coast with a rich heritage of Maori and European settlement spiced with the arrival of Chinese workers.

Opening hours:
(admission by donation)

Thursday - Saturday: 10am - 2pm.
Group visits by arrangement

Tel.: 06 364 6886, e-mail: otakimuseum@paradise.net.nz

The Kapiti Coast Museum has been run by volunteers for over 20 years and includes a collection of local history items and radio communications equipment. The Museum is located in the old Post Office building of 1908, which is a category 2 Heritage Places Trust building. Open on Saturdays and Sundays only: 2pm to 4pm

MUSEUM OF AVIATION

The museum of Aviation is located at the airport in Paraparaumu and offers an in depth introduction to New Zealands airliner history and illustrates it through reproduced photographs, models and collections of memorabilia from the flights themselves.Open on Sundays only: 10am - 4pm

I have tried to visit this museum on a Sunday during opening hours. Although the sign at the door said 'open' it was locked. This Kapiti museum is in a very small, badly maintained cottage. I haven't been inside, but it doesn't look promising unfortunately.

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