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Lyttelton Museum

Contact Details

PO Box 95 Lyttelton 8841

info@lytteltonmuseum.co.nz

www.lytteltonmuseum.co.nz

Visitor Information

Lyttelton Museum is currently closed – the museum building sustained serious earthquake damage and was demolished in 2011. The collection is safely stored and we have exciting plans for the future. Thanks to the gift of land by the Christchurch City Council, we now have a site in the heart of Lyttelton on which to build a new museum and we have embarked on a major fundraising campaign. For details, see our website or http://www.facebook.com/lytteltonmuseum.

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Archives - View All (448)

Diary; Whitcombe and Tombs Limited; Unknown; 4977.5

Archaeology - View All (109)

Art - View All (254)

Wood carving; W. G. Quartermain; 1971; 3389.1

Mural proposal; Ronald Kelly and Sarah Kelly; 1993; 4299.1

History - View All (6562)

Uniform jacket; Unknown; Unknown; 1129.1

Laundry irons; Enterprise Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia; Unknown; 256.1

Architectural drawings; Unknown; Unknown; 3969.1

Bottle; Doulton & Co. Ltd; Unknown; 295.1

Library - View All (25)

Periodical; William Stevens, Limited; Unknown; 128.1

Periodical; Edward H. Marriner; 1929; 410.1

Prescription book; Unknown; Unknown; 2941.1

Prescription book; Unknown; Unknown; 2940.2

Prescription book; Unknown; Unknown; 2940.1

Natural Science - View All (636)

Photography and Multimedia - View All (145)

Framed photograph of HMS MAORI, ( L24, F24, G24, ) 1938. 1821 displacement tons. Involved in the BISMARK action. On 12 February 1942 the MAORI was bombed and sank, with the loss of one crew member, in the Malta Grand Harbour. After some shifting to a site off Fort St Elmo the vessel was scuttled. Now a popular dive site.; Unknown; 1938; 4181.1

Framed photograph; Unknown; Unknown; 4600.1

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