Exhibitions

The Battle of the River Plate Exhibition opens on Sunday 13th December 2009 and runs until Monday 1st February 2010.

This exhibition commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate.  We honour our New Zelaand Veterans in this first decisive naval battle of WWII.

Great White Fleet
The triptych image by Henri Winkelmann of the Great White Fleet anchored in Auckland Harbour 1908 is on display at the Navy Museum. It also was part of an exhibition  held at the NZ National Maritime Museum during August. The exhibition was a dual effort and featured items from the Navy Museum's photographic and ephemera archive.
 

The Navy Museum has closed one half of the gallery to allow the collection staff to get ready for the big move to Torpedo Bay in 2010 where the New Navy Museum is going to be. The main gallery of the museum is still open to all the public and holds various artefacts.

Battle of River Plate Exhibition

ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE model from the Battle of the River Plate Exhibition