Explore our Museum
Taranaki Aviation Technology and Transport Museum
TATATM preserves Taranaki’s past for the enjoyment of future generations.
Explore the life and times of early Taranaki technologies
Whether you’re a family looking for a new activity or an enthusiast looking to learn more, TATATM has plenty of interesting and interactive displays to explore.
- Operate a telephone exchange and manually transfer calls
- Experience early radio and recording techniques
- Follow the evolution of computers and communications technologies
- Play cashiers with vacuum and wire monetary transfers across the museum
- Study the huge scale model of Taranaki’s gas-to-methanol plant
- Understand the development of Port Taranaki
- Try your hand at hot-lead typesetting and press printing
- Re-live much of our agricultural heritage – from threshing machines to milk pumps.
Full of great things from the past
A roadside museum on the southern outskirts of New Plymouth, TATATM houses a vast array of hands on exhibits, many of which are in full working order:
- Aircraft – Harvard
- Brewster Collection pieces
- Cars & Trucks
- Cinematographic
- Domestic/household items
- Farm Machinery
- Fire Engine & Tender
- Models of Motunui construction
- Post Office
- Printing Industry Machinery
- Radios of all kinds
- Telephones – Working Exchanges
- Lamson Wire Carrier System
Visit TATATM
Corner State Highway 3 South and Kent Road,
Opposite Lake Mangamahoe
13 Kent Road, New Plymouth 4371
Opening Hours
10am to 4pm
Saturdays and Sundays, School & Public Holidays
Other times/days upon request
Wheelchair accessible
Entry
Adults $7.00
Children (under 15) $2.00
Family $16.00 (two adults and small children)
Discount for groups
