Fodor's Expert Review Wellington Museum

Smell the burlap sacks, hear the gulls, and see the (mechanical) rats scuttling around in this refurbished 1892 bond store, now a museum that portrays the history of the original Māori tribes and the European settlers who arrived around 1840. The displays cover work, leisure, crime, and education in Wellington. A steampunk-themed fourth-floor attic is not to be missed with its weird and wonderful exhibits.