Update on Alert Level 2
The Museum is open with some additional precautions to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff and visitors.
These include:
- Face coverings – in accordance with Government regulations, masks are now mandatory when visiting indoor public venues, including museums. Visitors are welcome to remove these when consuming food or drink from the Café.
- Contact tracing – all visitors will be required to check in upon entering the Museum, using either the Government contact tracing app, or manual form.
- Social distancing – please keep a 2m distance from others while visiting the Museum.
- Hand sanitiser stations are available for use around the Museum.
- A heightened cleaning regime, with particular attention being paid to surfaces such as handrails.
- Temporary stand-down of our Museum volunteers.
- Temporary closure of all interactives and high-contact spaces, with the exception of the touch-free 'Balloon Busters' challenge.
In addition, please note that the following offerings are temporarily suspended until we return to Level 1:
School holiday programmes and activities are still being planned to go ahead at this stage, but please note that this is dependent on a return to Alert Level 1.
Finally, if you or anyone in your family is unwell, please stay at home.
For further guidance on Alert Level 2, please visit https://covid19.govt.nz/
