Groups
Special tours may be able to be arranged to meet your group requirements. Group numbers are limited to 10-15 people per guide.
- Museum accredited guides can be booked for your visit
- Two weeks notice is expected and booking is essential
Find out more about bookings for groups email groupbookings@aucklandmuseum.com, or phone +64 9 306 7924 or 0800 256 873 (0800 AKMUSEUM).
Exhibitions
Auckland Museum presents an ever-changing feast of local and international exhibitions.
Here you will find what's currently showing in the galleries and upcoming exhibitions.
Group visits
The Museum welcomes visiting groups of all kinds, whether from schools, universities and other educational institutions or clubs, societies and special interest groups.
To ensure that your visit is as successful as possible, we do however ask that you notify the Museum in advance so that we can make the necessary arrangements. Any group wishing to visit the Museum should contact the Head Attendant:
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333516
Fax: +44 (0)1223 333517
Email: admin@maa.cam.ac.uk
Charges
Visits made during normal opening hours (10:30am to 4:30pm, Tuesday to Saturday and 12.00 to 4.30pm on Sunday) are free of charge. Donations are welcome.
Educational visits made outside of the Museum’s opening hours may be subject to a charge, dependent on the size of the group and the duration of the visit, to contribute towards the cost of providing gallery attendants.
Groups of up to 30 people are charged £30 for up to 2 hours and £45 for 2-4 hours.
Groups of 30-60 are charged £40 for 2 hours and £60 for 2-4 hours.
Group size
The maximum group size allowed in the Museum at any one time is 60. If you are intending to visit with a larger group, there are a number of other University Museums nearby with which you could combine your visit. The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is also on Downing Street just a few hundred metres away, while the Museum of Zoology and the Whipple Museum of the History of Science are within a few minutes walk.
EFL groups T
he Museum provides an excellent cultural experience for those learning English. With its combination of archaeological and anthropological objects from around the world, there is something to interest and inspire all visitors irrespective of language ability.
School parties
The Museum galleries offer numerous links to the National Curriculum and school parties are welcome to visit. Please book your visit with the Head Attendant as above. A range of educational worksheets is in preparation – please contact the Museum’s Outreach Organiser Sarah-Jane Harknett for further details. The Museum can also lend boxes of objects for classroom use. These make for excellent pre-visit activities or could be used as part of follow-up work. Please see the Schools section for more information.
Special interest groups
The Museum welcomes organised visits from special interest groups during normal opening hours. Recent visitors have included the Monumental Brass Society, Cambridgeshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers and the Embroiderers’ Guild. Please book your visit with the Head Attendant as above.