The full name of this museum is the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It’s a misleading name. One floor of the museum is named War and Remembrance, but the other two floors cover a wide variety of topics related to Auckland. Local history, Maori culture and farming practices, geology, and natural history. It even has a section dealing with volcanoes, given that Auckland sits on an active volcanic zone. The display notes that it isn’t a question of “if” a volcano will erupt in Auckland, but rather a question of “when”. Comforting thought. The museum is well worth a visit.

We had two goals for the day. Visit the museum, but also enjoy a walk through a park. If you look at this picture, it’s clear that most of the area between our hotel and the museum is trees. So walking to the museum satisfied both of our objectives. This shows the path through the large park surrounding the museum.

I’ll close with a bit of street art near our hotel. I think it provides good advice for the times we are living through.