Museum Hunts

With regularly changing themes and challenges, our hunts are a fun way for families to explore the Museum together.

1000 Stories

Come and see New Zealand’s largest 2-dimensional crowd and discover their story.

Aircraft

Explore our aircraft and learn about New Zealand’s aviation history.

Exhibitions

Discover a variety of engaging special exhibitions at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.

Explore our collection

Collections & Research

The Air Force Museum of New Zealand holds the national collection of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

Still life featuring a negative, light meter, gloves and a magnifier. Air Force museum of New Zealand.

Photographs

Browse digitised parts of our photograph collection online.

Reflect on service and sacrifice

Memorial Alcove

This stunning stained glass window and monument stands as a tribute to the thousands of New Zealanders who gave their lives in defence of their country in air operations around the world.

Roll of Honour

A memorial and record of all New Zealanders who have died while in service with the RNZAF or other air forces since 1915.

Exhibitions

Let Me Be Myself – The Life Story of Anne Frank

Coming Soon / Discover Anne Frank’s story in this exhibition, created by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. It is part of a three-year tour supported by The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand.

Plan your Museum visit

Contact Cafe

The perfect space to take a break during your Museum visit. Open Monday to Sunday 9:30am – 3:30pm.

Visitor Services & Accessibility

Find out more about the facilities available during your visit.

Discover our stories with the kids

Read our Blog

New to the Collection

By Air Force Museum | 29/09/2020

Discover some of the newest additions to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand collection.

Promotional poster for the 1969 film 'Battle of Britain', now in the Air Force Museum collection.

The ‘Battle of Britain’ comes to New Zealand

By Louisa Hormann | 17/09/2020

In 1969, the blockbuster film “Battle of Britain” was released in New Zealand, generating one of the largest paper objects in the Air Force Museum collection.

Battle of Britain lace panel, from the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.

The Battle of Britain Lace Panel

By Murray McGuigan | 14/09/2020

Discover the story of one of the Museum’s most special artefacts – the Battle of Britain commemorative lace panel.

Air to air view of three Avro 626s in formation over the Port Hills, near Christchurch.
Near aircraft; NZ203. Far aircraft NZ204.
Original negative number WgF184.

Avro 626 NZ203: fast facts on a unique aircraft

By Matthew O'Sullivan | 14/04/2020

The Avro 626 on display at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand is a very unique aircraft with an interesting story: it is the only fully-intact surviving aircraft operated by the RNZAF before World War Two.