$ FREE ADMISSION

Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 10am – 4 pm, Weekends and Public Holidays 10am – 2pm.

Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 10am – 4 pm, Weekends and Public Holidays 10am – 2pm.

$ FREE ADMISSION   24 Victoria St, Cambridge , NZ | CONTACT

You Are Here:

  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Collection

Collections

Our Cambridge Collection has changing exhibitions about Cambridge.  Much of our collection is in storage to ensure its preservation for future generations.

VIEW MORE

Collection

Get closer to our Cambridge Museum Te Whare o Kemerti’s collection. We have partnered with DigitalNZ to make our collections much easier to look at online. Enjoy exploring the Cambridge Museum Collection on DigitalNZ. Or choose from the curated collection stories below.  

SEARCH THE COLLECTION ONLINE>>

  This is an ongoing project so make sure to check back again as we add more to this page.  

Donating to our Collection

We rely on our community to donate items to our Collection. If you are thinking of donating an object to the Collection, please read our guide here. How objects come into the Collection>>  
 

Collection Stories and Highlights

Waterfront Strike 1913

When the 1913 Waterfront Strike began the Farmer's Union and the media encouraged Cambridge farmers and businesses to help break the strike. A total of 150 Cambridge men enrolled as 'special constables'.

MORE

Photographs

Photographs from the 1880s to the present day provide a visual record of the changing people and places in Cambridge and surrounding districts. We are in the process of digitizing our Collections.

MORE

Newspapers

The Museum Archive includes copies of the Waikato Advocate, Waikato Independent, Cambridge Independent, Cambridge Edition and Cambridge News.

MORE

Collection Stories

From 1988 to 1995 Eris Parker researched and wrote many articles in the Cambridge Independent newspaper.

MORE

Poems

Poems about Cambridge have appeared in Cambridge newspapers for nearly a century and some are repeated here.

MORE