Explore Our Displays

Discover Nelson's rich heritage through the stories told in our displays

Taste History

With a rich brewing heritage dating back to 1843, Nelson is New Zealand's craft beer capital. The first hundred years of hop growing and brewing is...

Cycle Down Memory Lane

Nelson has a long history of cycling. The bike display has a selection of old and rare bicycles donated by the Winn family whose bike shop...

Fly The Plane

The Bristol Freighter, known in its heyday as the Merchant Buccaneer, was the last of the Bristol model freighters flying in the Straits Air Freight Express...