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Phone
  
+64 3-443 8765

National Transport and Toy Museum, Wanaka

Address
  
891 Wanaka-Luggate Hwy, RD 2, Wanaka 9382, New Zealand

Hours
  
Open today · 8:30AM–5PMOtago anniversary day might affect these hoursThursday(Otago anniversary day)8:30AM–5PMHours might differFriday8:30AM–5PMSaturday8:30AM–5PMSunday8:30AM–5PMMonday8:30AM–5PMTuesday8:30AM–5PMWednesday8:30AM–5PMSuggest an edit

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The National Transport and Toy Museum in Wanaka, New Zealand is a museum with several buildings that display a range of collected items such as toys, models, cars, trucks, aircraft and motorbikes. It is located adjacent to the Wanaka Airport on State Highway 6.

Contents

There are over 30,000 toys on display and more than 600 cars with new items being constantly added.

The main building houses the toy collections, notably a very large collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia, a display of Barbie dolls through the decades numbering in the hundreds, classic wooden and metal toys, as well as teddy bears and porcelain dolls. A toy shop at the entrance also sells a range of modern toys.

The collections of vehicles and aircraft are grouped into large hangars. One hangar contains collections of classic British and European cars and a range of fire trucks from throughout the 20th century, while another one houses mostly military vehicles and aircraft, and a third hangar continues with collections of classic American and Australian-manufactured cars.

Outside of the buildings, the displays continue with machinery in various states of restoration, such as a long row of tractors and farming machinery.

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History

The collection began by Gerald Rhodes of Christchurch but the location of Wanaka was chosen in 1988 because of its dry climate. Building began in 1994 with the opening to the public occurring on December 26, 1995.

It was originally called the Wanaka Transport and Toy Museum before re-branding to the current name of National Transport and Toy Museum.

References

National Transport and Toy Museum, Wanaka Wikipedia