Make a financial donation

For financial donations to the New Zealand Maritime Museum, you can support us through the Maritime Museum Foundation, a registered charitable trust 

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Make an object donation

The Museum is moving our offsite collection to an improved collection storage facility, to better care for the collection in the long term.

From 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, the Acquisitions committee will cease the appraisal of new donations for the permanent collection, to focus on the collection move.

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Object Donation FAQs

The Museum is moving our offsite collection to an improved collection storage facility to better care for the collection in the long term. 
From 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, the Acquisitions committee will cease the appraisal of new donations for the permanent collection. This will allow the team to focus on the collection move to ensure that donated treasures are well cared for. We regret the delay as donations are essential to complete gaps in the collection, and to preserve maritime heritage. 

We do not have space or resources to display all the items in our collection, and some are too fragile for long-term display. However, we strive to make our collection as accessible as possible, for example via our new Online Collection database, or by research request.

If you would like to view items in our collection, please contact the Collections Team at least 10 days in advance.

The museum does not do appraisals or valuations. If you have something you would like valued please contact an auction house or valuer.

The museum prefers not to accept items on long-term loan. However, we do sometimes borrow items on short-term loan for exhibitions. If you’re not sure, please get in touch to discuss further. 

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