Discover Nelson's rich heritage through the stories told in our displays

Taste History

With a rich brewing heritage dating back to 1843, Nelson is New Zealand's craft beer capital. The first hundred years of hop growing and brewing is...

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Cycle Down Memory Lane

Nelson has a long history of cycling. The bike display has a selection of old and rare bicycles donated by the Winn family whose bike shop...

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Fly The Plane

The Bristol Freighter, known in its heyday as the Merchant Buccaneer, was the last of the Bristol model freighters flying in the Straits Air Freight Express...

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