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Dominion Museum building
The former Dominion Museum
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Former namesNational Museum
General information
LocationBuckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates41°17′58″S 174°46′37″E / 41.299538°S 174.776843°E / -41.299538; 174.776843
Current tenantsMassey University
Completed1936
Design and construction
Architect(s)Gummer and Ford

The Dominion Museum building on Mount Cook in Buckle Street Wellington completed in 1936 and superseded by Te Papa in 1998 was part of a war memorial complex including a Carillon[note 1] and National War Memorial.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]

It currently houses part of the Massey University Wellington Campus.[2]


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  1. ^ "Our History". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "College of Creative Arts of Massey University". Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

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