10th August 

 

When Can I See the Beam Engine Running?

 

The Beam Engine usually runs between 3pm and 5pm every Thursday.

 

However, because of volunteer availability or potential mechanical issues due to its age, the Beam Engine may not always run like clockwork.

 

Please check with MOTAT staff or call us on 0800 MOTATNZ (668 286) to confirm upcoming operating times.

 

 

Great North Road Site

  • 10.30am – 4:00pm: A new Voyager 1 motion movie has arrived at MOTAT!  Shaped like a spaceship, this state-of-the-art simulator will take you on a thrilling virtual reality adventure! In association with Space Dome Technologies Limited.  Running at regular intervals on the weekend. Click here for further details.

  • 10.00am – 5.00pm: Watch MOTAT”s Printing Press in action and take home your own MOTAT print souvenir.

  • 10:00am - 5:00pm:  ‘From the Cape to the Gloves’ is the fourth in a series of textile displays based on women’s ever changing fashion from 1880 to 1914.  This exhibition is an opportunity to focus on New Zealand’s shawls, capes, coats and accessories that suited our country’s ‘four seasons in one day’ climate. Click here for further details.

  • 10.00am- 4.00pm: Enter the Tactile Dome- Kids only zone. Explore in total darkness!

  • 10.00am – 5.00pm: The Walsh Memorial Library is open seven days a week for the 'Exploring Energy' holiday experience.  Make ‘n’ take your own Pumphouse, or just chill out and relax on the beanbags and cushions!  Click here for further details.

  • Experience a ride on one of MOTAT's lovingly restored trams. Tram rides leave every half hour from 10:00 until 4:30 from outside the souvenir shops at both MOTAT Great North Road site and MOTAT Motions Road site.

 

 

Cropper House

  • 9:30am - 4:30pm:  Come to Cropper House and enjoy a delicious range of café food in the Araroa Tea Rooms, or sit and relax on the terrace with views over Western Springs. Click here for further details.

 

Meola Road Site

 

Visit one of the world's most extensive Aviation displays including:

  • Take a guided tour of the aircraft display hangar, including the flight deck of the Solent Flying Boat Mark IV. This lovingly restored aircraft is the only one of her kind in the world!

  • WWII Lancaster Bomber – The only plane of its type in New Zealand! Aircraft restoration and display by our WWII veterans.

Click here for further details of our amazing collection.

 

All inclusive admission to both sites is: $14 adults, $7 children and seniors (children under 5 free) or use a Family pass $30 [2 Adults and 4 children]

 

SPECIAL OFFER! If you enjoyed your visit, use your receipt on the same day to upgrade your ticket to an annual pass. If you bought a family ticket, it’s only another $35 to have access to MOTAT all year long! Annual Pass Holders receive lots of great benefits.

 

Click here to see more

 

We have gift vouchers too. 

 

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For more information, including current events and exhibitions, call the MOTAT Infoline 0800 MOTATNZ (0800 668286)
MOTAT, Great North Road, Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand.   Tel: +64 9 815 5800   Fax: +64 9846 4242