Museums and Galleries

From Lower Hutt's TheNewDowse, Petone's Settlers Museum and Expressions Arts & Entertainment Centre in Upper Hutt, the Hutt Valley region has it all!

Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre

Discover Wellington region's superb new venue with everything for everyone! Expressions is the perfect venue.

We offer a superb selection of event, hospitality and display spaces complemented by an inspiring exhibition programme.

Petone Settlers Museum

This is the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, which was built in 1940 to commemorate the arrival of the first New Zealand Company Settlers on 22nd January 1840.

Silver Stream Rail Museum

A large collection of steam locomotives run on part of the original 1875 Wellington-Wairarapa line around the foothills of Silverstream.

The Golder Cottage Museum

A time capsule in your own backyard!

The Golder Cottage was originally named "Straven Cottage", and is one of the earliest pioneer homes of Upper Hutt.

TheNewDowse

Whoever you are, wherever you come from, TheNewDowse will stimulate your creativity and make you see the world in a whole new way!

Williams Gallery

Williams Gallery represents some of New Zealand's leading contemporary New Zealand and Pacific artists in painting, printmaking and sculpture.