VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 213, 6 June 1944, Page 4

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Turnbull Library. Bowen Street (near Parliament Buildings). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday. I) a.m. to noon; Sunday. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific collection of rare books, pictures, manuscripts and Maori lore; New Zealand history. Also old editions of English literature. Botanical Gardens, Kelburn • Open dawn to dusk. Art Gallery. D.I.C. Building: N.Z. Academy autumn exhibition open Monday to Friday. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; b riday evenings. 7 to 9; Saturday. 10 a.m. to noon. New Zealand art. including oils, water colours, drawings, prints by lending New Zealand artists. A total of 2<*l' exhibits. „ Zoo. Newtown Park ; Open 9 a.m. to v p.m. Elephant rides, lions, tigers, monkeys. camels and deer: IcOO birds. Admission free to children under 1".

Central Public Library, Mercer Street: Open 9.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.; Sundays., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Extensive reference library, with separate commercial and technical department for engineering, busines. trades, and so on New Zealand and line.arts .section. Lending and children’s libraries. Otari Open Air Plant Museum, one mile from Wadestown tram terminus. Open continuously. Typical New Zealand bush and native plants under natural conditions; very complete collection ot plants native to New Zealand; burial ground of Dr. Cockayne, famous New Zealand botanist. Admission free.