Birkenhead Museum

Birkenhead Museum Step back in time at Birkenhead Museum and discover the people, places and stories that shaped our community.

Preserving local heritage and inspiring curiosity for generations to come. THE MUSEUM

Over the years since its inception, the Birkenhead Historical Society has been given many interesting artifacts and documents. Some of these were first displayed in Cliff Utting’s old dairy, our first “Little Museum” about 50 metres further up the road from the current site. This particular area was once strawbe

rry fields and gardens before the farm was subdivided for houses, the War Memorial Park and bush reserves. The present museum is situated on the site of an old ensilage pit. The “Little Museum” was demolished some ten years ago, and since then the Society has endeavoured to find a building suitable for a Museum. Anne Farrington came to the rescue with the gift of a house which had been lived in by her family for four generations and now needed to be moved. The Council leased a site on the edge of the War Memorial Park. The house was moved to its present site in January 1993 and many hours, weeks, months and years of voluntary work were put in by a dedicated band of members to restore Farrington House, named after the long serving President of the Society, Edward Farrington. The Museum was officially opened on December 21st 1997.

20/05/2026

All welcome this Sunday.

All welcome.. special guest speaker..
14/05/2026

All welcome.. special guest speaker..

09/05/2026

All welcome.. A lovely Mother's Day Outing.
07/05/2026

All welcome.. A lovely Mother's Day Outing.

Postponed
11/04/2026

Postponed

Come along and see local history and our great improvements.
07/02/2026

Come along and see local history and our great improvements.

Come along and see local history and our new improvements ..
07/02/2026

Come along and see local history and our new improvements ..

Come along and see local history
04/02/2026

Come along and see local history

Come along and see our wonderful improvements and local history. All welcome.
02/02/2026

Come along and see our wonderful improvements and local history. All welcome.

All Welcome... Our last open afternoon for the year. Thank you so much for everyone's support. See you next year for mor...
22/11/2025

All Welcome... Our last open afternoon for the year. Thank you so much for everyone's support. See you next year for more history adventures.

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44 Mahara Avenue
Auckland
0626

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