VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 255, 25 July 1944, Page 4

VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WELLINGTON

Turnbull Library, Bowen Street: (near Parliament Buildings) : Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 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: Temporary premises m D. 1.0. Building. Exhibition of reproductions and originals contained in a new collection of old masters and modern paintings. Also a display of recent acquisitions for the National Collection by New Zealand and overseas artists ns well as paintings by early New Zealand ar-

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, business, trades, ami so on. New Zealand and tine arts section. Lending and children's libraries. Zoo, Newtown Park: Open 9 a.m. to '■> p.m. Elephant rides, lions, ligers, monkeys. camels and deer: 1500 birds. Admission free to children under 15. Otari Open Air Plant Museum, one mile from Wadestown tram terriiinus. Open continuously. Typical New Zealand liush and native plants under natural conditions; very complete collection of plants native to New Zealand; burial ground of Dr. Cockayne, famous New Zealand botanist. Admission free.