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Location / Nearby Dunedin Gasworks Museum
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Caro D
⏳ 12-2021
4.4
Wonderful volunteer information and service
My husband and I visited this little museum today and were given a tour round by Simon and Gavin. There are apparently just three volunteers for this museum and there were just the two of us at the time. They spent more than an hour explaining the science to us, whose knowledge of chemistry was 5th form (Year 11) science course.
They didn’t pretend to know everything but were so patient with our no doubt dumb questions. And all for $5NZ.
The machines were so huge! And the amount of things that come from a tonne of coal was amazing.
They didn’t pretend to know everything but were so patient with our no doubt dumb questions. And all for $5NZ.
The machines were so huge! And the amount of things that come from a tonne of coal was amazing.
Richard R
⏳ 12-2021
4.9
Great place
Went on Sunday only intending to stay for 30 mins we spent 1.30 minutes there and loved it all, on the day we went they had all the machinery working and the smell of hot oil and grease is wonderful
John
⏳ 12-2021
4.7
Great way to learn about producing gas from coal in the past and until not that long ago.
This is an original old Gas brick complex with the original gas steam plants that are running, operated by volunteers right next to a Countdown supermarket. Great to hear how the town ran on gas produced from coal and pumped to the homes etc. They even have really old home gas ovens, a coffee maker, washing machines etc. All this for $5 a person. Only catch is there not opened very often which one expects when all the staff are volunteers.
Stephen C
⏳ 12-2021
4.8
Nice museum
A nice little museum that covers the 19th century factory that made town gas from coal. They have a lot of the machinery and sometimes fire up the steam engine to show off the machinery. Unfortunately, they did not have it running the day we visited.
AnneD
⏳ 12-2021
4.6
A Bygone Era
A fascinating place to visit to see a piece of NZ and Dunedin history. Beautifully preserved and working machinery. Informative,enthusiastic and friendly staff. Only $5 per adult. Well worth a visit if you are in Dunedin on a Sunday afternoon.
422iana
⏳ 12-2021
4.6
Family visit
Parked in the Countdown car park, but probably better to park at the other side on the road. $5 for each adult and free for under 12’s. For the younger ones there is a organ, a pulley and they can sound the horn. It was not a long visit, but for $10 for the family it was well worth the visit. So glad we checked out on this rainy day.
Scottyquay
⏳ 12-2021
4.9
Really interesting, very underrated museum
Great to visit on a rainy day, some really interesting working machines. Very knowledgeable tour guides.
C1077
⏳ 12-2021
4.7
Very informative
This is a great little museum with friendly and knowledgeable staff. The boiler was out of commission for testing when we visited so we didn’t get to see the live steam aspect but we still enjoyed our visit and gained quite a bit of knowledge thanks to the guides. It’s great to see history being preserved.
_christinelerwin
⏳ 12-2021
4.6
loved it
didnt really know what to expect, but was blown away by the quality of exhibits- could have watched the steam engines for hours :D great place to while away a few hours
Kris s
⏳ 12-2021
4.6
Really interesting place to visit -one of only a tiny handful left in the world
What an extraordinary achievement for the small group of people who worked to set this museum up. I don’t have a particular interest in this type of museum but was surprised at how interesting I found it. I have recommended others to visit and they too have enjoyed the experience
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