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Excellent collection and well laid out. Good Maori section too. Friendly and informative staff... read more

Reviewed 24 March 2023
Mackie48
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Alexandra, New Zealand
Small but perfectly formed museum

Great little museum. If you are into social history you could easily spend an hour or so here... read more

Reviewed 30 January 2023
50lady61
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Reviewed 9 November 2017 via mobile

Cambridge museum is housed in the old court house with a small sunken garden outside. The focus era is quite narrow and relays on captured European memories and records of life at the end of the european invasion and war against Maori. There is very little information on the indigenous people of that time or since, and contribution they have made in the area. Provincial and very Colonial, much like the town itself.

Date of experience: January 2017
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Museum22, Manager at Cambridge Museum, responded to this reviewResponded 14 November 2017

Thank you for your review. We have storyboards at the Cambridge Museum on 'Before the Pakeha', 'Waikato Land Wars', 'After the Wars' and 'The Search for Maori Sovereignty'. We also have taonga (Maori artefacts and objects) on display and in our Collections Store. We agree that there should be more material on the history of the Maori people of the Cambridge region available and we are working on this. Regards Kathryn Parsons, Museum Manager.

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Reviewed 6 June 2017

Super clean, extremely well organised, attention to detail - a real asset to Cambridge! A lot of hard work has brought this wonderful museum up to a high standard for locals and visitors. Well done to all involved.

Date of experience: May 2017
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Reviewed 8 May 2017 via mobile

It is small, free, in an historic building and gives the sort of insight into a small local town's development that is worth the minor detour down the Main Street of Cambridge. Larger museums give a fuller picture of NZ north island and the major changes and wars at home and abroad that profoundly shaped people's lives. However, although some of the history may not sit exactly with current global interpretations the museum gives a broadly settler centred insight to the establishment of what is a small but prosperous town.

Date of experience: March 2017
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Management response:Responded 10 May 2017

Encouraging to hear your thoughtful response. Thanks for the feedback.

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Reviewed 11 April 2017

There are so really interesting items in the small but well presented museum. Lots of interesting facts about Cambridge.

Date of experience: December 2016
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Reviewed 6 April 2017

It is small, with just two rooms to visit, both with an interesting selection of local items on display.

Date of experience: April 2017
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Management response:Responded 10 April 2017

Thanks for the review. We like to keep it interesting by updating the display regularly, and our research collection is also popular.

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