Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre
Museum & Genealogy Research
Discover the
Birthplace of Otago
Uncover many hidden secrets
Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre is East Otago’s leading regional museum.
In addition to a collection of 15000 items, it hosts an information centre, offers a genealogy research service & sells document and photographic reproductions.
The Waikouaiti Coast Heritage Centre is a high quality regional museum & information centre for the Waikouaiti and Coastal region.
A warm & welcoming visitor attraction, the Heritage Centre holds a wealth of local knowledge complemented by a significant collection of heritage items relating to:
- Johnny Jones
- Family histories
- WWI Memorabilia
- Seacliff Hospital ephemera
- Maritime history miscellany
- Industrial & agricultural implements
- Domestic equipment & furnishings
- Archaic and classic Maori artefacts
- Registers of births, marriages & deaths
- School records
- Cemetery records for Merton, Brinns Point, Waikouaiti, Karitane & Goodwood
Are you related to Johnny Jones or other notable local forebears? Do you have a family connection with Waikouaiti and want to find out more? The Waikouaiti Heritage Centre also offers a personalised genealogy research service which is in hot demand as people seek to explore their personal heritage as it relates to the region.
The Heritage Centre is currently undergoing major redevelopment with the construction of a purpose-built exhibition centre at the rear of its Main Road site.
200 Main Road,
Waikouaiti 9510
