Space Place at Carter Observatory on NZ Museums

New Zealand's longest-serving national observatory - celebrating the stories of the Southern Skies through:

- A new multimedia exhibition

- Digital full-dome planetarium

- Public programmes and special events

- Curriculum-based learning programmes for schools

- Heritage book and astromical artefact collection

- Telescope viewing: daytime solar viewing and evening stargazing sessions (weather dependent)

Contact Details

PO Box 893 Wellington 6140 New Zealand

04 910 3140

spaceplace@wmt.org.nz

www.museumswellington.org.nz/

Visitor Information

40 Salamanca Road Wellington Botanic Gardens Kelburn Wellington

During public school terms: Tuesday 4pm - 11pm Thursday 4pm - 11pm Saturday 10am - 11pm Sunday 10am - 5:30pm During public school holidays: Open daily from 10 am. Closes at 5:30pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Closes at 11pm Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Facilities

Wheelchair access

Reference library

Parking

Shop

Function space

Public programmes

Membership club

Other Facilities

Multimedia Exhibition/ Digital Full-Dome Planetarium /Heritage Building/ Heritage Telescopes /Learning Programmes /Venue for Daytime and Evening Events/ Special Events and Programmes

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$Telescope, 3.5" Refractor; Wray of London; Approx 1900; COB011$

16" Cassegrain Reflector; Boller & Chivens; 1967; COB070

$5" Refracting Telescope; Grubb Telescope Company; 1882; COB069$ $9.75" Cooke Refractor; Thomas Cooke & Sons; 1867; COB072$

Filar Micrometer; Cooke, Troughton & Simms; circa 1930; COB026

$Telescope, 6" Refractor; Thomas Cooke & Sons; COB092$

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17 astrolabe astronomy brass "carter observatory" "charles rooking carter" comets deadbeat "grubb telescope company" "international geophysical year" jhsteward "john grigg" "leathe bound wray of london" "mirror sizes" refractor "seismologial observatory" telescope thames "the stalker" "thomas cooke" "thomas king" "vumbhoni ndlovu"