Waimate Museum & Archives — Attraction in Canterbury

Unfortunately the museum is closed on Sunday so I couldn't look inside, and the archive needs appointment booking. I am very interested in horse-drawn vehicles and old farm machinery as I volunteer at the Coach House Museum in Feilding, North Island so I was disappointed. Some interesting things to see in the grounds however so worth a visit. Looked like some renovation work going on to the cottage fence and an old dray. I'd like to see some labels on the machinery saying what job they were for but was kinda fun guessing...

Quick visit on Tuesday. Staff friendly, helpful & interesting to chat to. Spoke at length to the retired engineer who maintains the stationary traction engine originally owned by Ritchie McCaw's great grandfather. Well...

Waimate Museum & Archives is a very pretty museum on the outside, with a Victorian style exterior like Oamaru's vintage buildings. I didn't see inside the museum as it was closed, but a great building to...