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Lakes District Museum
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Stop by the Lakes District Museum, which has artifacts of the gold-rush days, an information center, and a small bookstore and gallery. You can even rent pans and get gold-panning tips to try your luck in the Arrow River. When your patience frays and your hands go icy, keep in mind that a hobby prospector found a 275g nugget in this very river in 2006. (He sold it on eBay for US$15,000!)
- Address: 49 Buckingham St., Arrowtown, 9302 | Map It
- Phone: 03/442-1824
- Cost: NZ$5
- Hours: Daily 8:30--5
- Website: www.museumqueenstown.com
- Location: Arrowtown
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