Reviews of Petone Settlers Museum. (Museum) in Lower Hutt (Wellington).
Petone Settlers Museum
130 Petone Settlers Museum, Petone, Lower Hutt 5012, New Zealand
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Information of Petone Settlers Museum, Museum in Lower Hutt (Wellington)
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This place has good reviews, this means that they treat their customers well and you’ll feel great with their services, recommended 100%!
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Open hours of Petone Settlers Museum
Sunday
10am–4pm
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
10am–4pm
Saturday
10am–4pm
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Reviews of Petone Settlers Museum
N.Cool place to learn more about the history and story of Petone. Learned so much from this place and now going for a drive around Petone, we were able to point out different places, which were so rich of history and culture. How blessed we are to have such a museum that's able to showcase this beautiful history.
S.Awesome History and it was great coming back 20 odd years ago with my family and too share where I was brought up and where there descendants worked.💖❤
C.What a neat little surprise! We were wondering along the sea front and decided to step inside to see what this museum was about... this became our highlight of a trip to Petone for the day! A wonderfully knowledgeable and friendly host, interesting tidbits of info throughout the exhibition and well put together displays. Highly recommended if you are nearby.
B.A real hidden gem! We spent so much time here, admiring a different displays...really nicely done, very interesting!
M.Although, it looks small from the outside, there are lots of nice exhibits inside. The staff was very cheerful and helpful. I specially enjoyed the 25 mins video about the history of New Zealand.
Highly recommended. It will take you less than an a hour. It is worth it.
a.Though a small museum but gives you a glimpse of settlement and how life was in early days...houses, fmcg products, music, etc...not much for small kids but certainly informative for kids 5+...n then have a walk on lovely petone beach....
G.An excellent museum with great memories of GMNZ Petone. A highly recommended visit. A coin donation would be a great idea
A.It is so shameful how, a great local history, is told in such a small museum. I really would love to have some of this history in a building like the Te Papa which, by the way, really needs to be filled up by anything. This museum is easily better than the Te Papa. Highly recommended
S.This museum is great for learning the history of Petone . Very helpful staff. Well layed out. Enjoyed the old news reel moments of Petone. No toilets but public toilets 200 meters down the foreshore path.
E.A hidden gem of a museum. Small, but well taken care of and conveys lots of useful information about New Zealand's early settlers. Free entry, donations are welcome.
G.A great place to visit, lots of free parking by the Petone water front. A nice place to check out our history. Check on the website for opening days as it only opens a few days a week 😁👍
B.Nice museum with a very helpful attendant.
D.Very interesting place to visit
N.Friendly staff with warm welcome and explanation of what they have. I enjoyed my time in the museum looking at the displays and reading about the Maori early encounter with the westerners.
A.Excellent experience and free!! Very friendly and helpful staff.
D.Wonderful museum of two room but really informative about the early history of New Zealand and industries in Petone
R.An eye opening little museum. Well set up displays. A very interesting video about the history of early settlement. The lady in reception was friendly and keen to be helpful. Right beside the sea where it all happened.
F.If you are strolling along the foreshore or just dashing in to get out of the rain this is a Petone gem. A great mix of history in the most amazing art decorating building. Wish I'd taken some photos.
G.Great museum that is fun and free!
H.Sad that the Beach is not clean up an Warf is not repaired for the people to enjoy shame
B.Great little place showcasing Lower Hutts current and past history. Regular interesting events held here also. Situated on Petone beach there is plenty of parking and Popular Jackson street within 5 minutes walking distance for a restaurant or cafe.
E.Great exhibition about businesses that helped form lower Hutt
C.Has the most amazing mural. Great hats and other local factory displays and a whole room of tangata whenua info. Easy parking. Laughable/questionable swimming cossies and a memorable sea view. Definitely worth a visit and a donation.
P.Is always nice and very interesting to visit
A.Friendly, welcoming staff and nice exhibits
W.A cool little converted bath house or changing room that's a little museum now.
This is such a cool little place. A little showcase of Petone and the awesome history of this place!
H.Takes you back in time,small but worth a visit.
S.So many interesting stories here about the industries and people that have shaped Petone. Loved the candid photos from the Hills Hat exhibition and the video of the old Unilever factory. Some real delights here to stop in and check out while walking the Esplande.
K.Wonderful tribute to our soldiers in the entry. Interesting videos about NZ's settler history & also Petone's past as the factory town. Helpful & enthusiastic staff made a great museum better 😊
C.What a great little museum, and free too! Well worth diverting off a walk along the beach for 30 minutes to stroll around and reflect on how Petone had changed over the years. The building is in a great position and has it's own interesting history. Free parking and public toilets adjacent.
R.Interesting local history of factories now closed that once supplied the nation. Brands that have now disappeared from the shelves that were widely available. Memory lane.
P.Awesome little museum, a must see for all.
A.An interesting glimpse into the history and culture of the initial settlers, but also of various historical periods of the area. Standout section for me was the recreation of the immigrant boat cabin. Small, dark and pokey, but luckily they didn't try to recreate the smell. Plenty of other things to see ranging from the mildly interesting to the very interesting.
C.In an Art Deco building situated along Petone foreshore with views overlooking Wellington , this museum celebrates the history of Maori and the first settlers in the area.
The museum also has informative displays on the types of industry which were thriving in the earlier years in the Petone area.
The building used to be a bathing pavilion and part of the building has been preserved to display this era in time.
Industries like Gear meat works and Griffins are on display as well as Unilever makers of sunlight and lux soap.
Well worth stopping for an hour to learn about local history.
G.Great trip I had with grand daughters school class
A.Quaint little museum with picturesque views
D.This is a great wee museum on the beach at Petone. Parking is good and the exhibits are interesting and well made. My kids and I learnt heaps. We go here every couple of years. Recommended.
H.It was a very interesting visit to Petone Settlers Museum
G.Fascinating museum. It is full of interesting exhibits, you need plenty of time here. At least an hour! Watch and listen to each exhibit, totally worth it.
I.Toilet close every night, sad
O.An interesting museum. You learn a lot about Petone's history and the displays are stunning
L.Nice little museum, Had interesting little things in it lots of little bits of history. The museum is quite small but well worth the visit as it was free!
T.Great display of local history. This place has just been renovated and the setup has changed a bit so for those that have not been in a while I recommend another visit.
p.Great displays here, not very large museum but a good place to dander through if youre in the area. No cafe. FREE
B.This museum is about life in New Zealand about the company's that are no longer there it a look at time long gone and is very interesting you will only be there about an hour or so and it free if you want you can make a donation
L.It was amazing, with so much information I never knew although grew up in Lower Hutt and grandfather lived in Petone.
Z.A nice little free museum right on the water. It provides some good insight into the town's history and how it formed
Y.Very informative but small museum.
S.Great to see a mix of time periods covered in the exhibitions including this decade.
j.Pretty cool little museum, has variety. Free entry and staff are friendly.
A.It's a nice little museum, displaying historical items of Petone.
C.Pretty good but lacked diorama etc. Interesting and lady (staff) was very helpful
M.Great little museum. Won't take you long to go through it and so you should.
P.A great little museum. Worth checking out while out for a walk on the esplanade.
A.I love this tiny museum which is packed with interesting history
N.A bit small but stuffed with amazing stories and insights about the first migrants!
w.Interesting place to go to and see, history of the settlers when they first arrived into wellington harbour.
K.Awesome small museum with lots of local history
C.Great place to sit and watch the sun set
P.Quite an amazing and interesting place.Alot of information on history of business around petone and other things..check it out yourself
M.Watched a 1935 silent film of the Imperial Tobacco factory(Capstan) which is closing down this year
Y.It's cooler than it sounds. If you're on a casual beach stroll might as well pop-in
D.It is really nice place to visit to learn about the history of petone
H.Nice range of things to look at. Very informative.
D.We'll set out with a bunch of information on the local area around the time the first European settlers arrived.
A.Nice place to take the kids. Nice and clean. Kids loved it. Cheers
Z.It's a nice building to look at on my walk and it's quite nice inside too.
H.This free local resource keeps updated and current and is a delight to share with visitors to the area
B.Some good history, worth visiting.
T.Not much to see here really.
J.Old historical place, well set up
H.Very nice little museum!
P.Fantastic lady looking after the Museum.
G.Very interesting displays that are changed from time to time.
c.Fantastic museum, curators are very knowledgeable
D.Great place for petone history , wonderful environment.
S.One best place to visit cause got history of NZ
C.Such a great wee gem plus a friendly & helpful staff on duty 💖
A.Always interesting to look across at the city from here
M.Interesting museum. Free!
C.A surprisingly compact history of Petone, filled with interesting tidbits of information
S.Lovely little museum.
B.Really interesting to see the history of the area of petone
M.Great exhibitions.Good shop.
S.Lovely community museum.
N.Very interesting, enjoyed greatly
S.Excellent wee place for a brief diversion and local history
G.Visit to gain an in depth understanding of this grunty area.
T.A great few hours spent at Settlers
B.Never went in I Loved Walkabout On the Beach ..
J.Amazing. Love History.
M.Great little museum
K.Very informative museum
R.very interesting a must see
C.Great little exhibition.
P.Small but interesting!
G.Great museum
V.Nice place to go and learn about Petone
B.Helpful for family history.
S.Worth a visit if passing
T.Well worth a visit
k.Very cute.
H.Very interesting
E.Fascinating place
M.nice to see
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