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Dominion Museum building
| Dominion Museum building | |
|---|---|
 The former Dominion Museum | |
 | |
| Former names | National Museum |
| General information | |
| Location | Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 41°17′58″S 174°46′37″E / 41.299538°S 174.776843°E |
| Current tenants | Massey University |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Gummer and Ford |
| Designated | 6-Jun-1990 |
| Reference no. | 1409 |
The Dominion Museum building on Mount Cook in Buckle Street Wellington completed in 1936 and superseded by Te Papa in 1998 was part of a war memorial complex including a Carillon[note 1] and National War Memorial.
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]
The building, registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 Historic Place,[2] currently houses part of the Massey University Wellington Campus.[3]
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- ^ "Our History". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.
- ^ "National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum (Former)". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "College of Creative Arts of Massey University". Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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