Waiheke Musical Museum

Waiheke Musical Museum houses a unique collection of antique and unusual musical instruments within a performance venue. The Museum was founded in 1996 by Lloyd and Joan Whittaker who collected musical instruments from second hand shops, antique dealers and private owners around New Zealand.

Lloyd was a talented musician and a restorer of these instruments. When the couple moved from New Plymouth to Waiheke Island in 1996, they brought their collection with them and, with help from the community, started the Museum at Artworks in Oneroa. It moved into the current space in the same venue in 2000.