NAU MAI, HAERE MAI – WELCOME

The Kapiti Coast Museum is a local museum whose displays and collections focus on the natural, social and cultural heritage of the Kapiti region. We also have a collection of radios, telephones and historical telecommunication equipment.

The Museum is housed in the original 1907 Waikanae Post Office building recognised by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Category 2).

***NEW DISPLAY ***
Home Entertainment in the 20th Century

The Home Entertainment display ranges from the 1900s, with a stereoscopic card viewer and the Edison Cartridge player, to the 1990s, with a functioning battery or mains powered radio/cassette player. Also, from the 1950s, families’ visual entertainment was often provided by colour slides being projected onto a screen. We have a functioning slide projector complete with rotary magazine to highlight this.

Normal opening times for the Kapiti Coast Museum are
1:00 – 4:00pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

We welcome all Kapiti residents and visitors
to the Kapiti region to our Museum.