Dominion Museum building
Historic building in Wellington, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dominion Museum building on Mount Cook in Buckle Street Wellington completed in 1936 and superseded by Te Papa in 1998 was part of a war memorial complex including a Carillon[note 1] and National War Memorial.
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Dominion Museum building | |
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Former names | National Museum |
General information | |
Location | Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
Coordinates | 41.299538°S 174.776843°E / -41.299538; 174.776843 |
Current tenants | Massey University |
Completed | 1936 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Gummer and Ford |
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It was designed and built to house New Zealand's national museum collection, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.[1]
It currently houses part of the Massey University Wellington Campus.[2]