INVITATION SUNDAY 20 MAY – Gasworks Museum Open Day social event Volunteer at the Gasworks.
2:30 pm in the Fitting Shop for afternoon tea & news update Meet members and others interested in the Gasworks • Fitting Shop & site development • Countdown Supermarket & plans to attract more visitors • More frequent opening times • Induction & training plans in boiler operations & guiding • Members benefits • Gasworks 150th anniversary in 2013 • Ways you can be involved in this exciting development
The Warmth Expo is a public event run by the Energy Centre in conjunction with the Dunedin Gasworks Museum. The aim of the Energy Centre is to provide a collaborative hub to promote sustainable and efficient energy practices to the public. The concept of an Energy Centre has always been part of the long term strategic plan for the museum. The theme is “KEEPING WARM IN WINTER” and making the home and office more energy and cost efficient in terms of heating. The aim is to demonstrate ways to create a warmer and healthier living environment. Exhibitors who can support this theme with product will be in attendance .... • Space heating - wood , gas, electric, solar and heat pumps • Water heating - solar, electricity, gas, heat pumps • Insulation - under floor, walls and ceiling cavities • Double glazing • Furnishing to retain warmth • Cooking - technologies and energy efficient ways to prepare food. • Lighting - new technologies in lighting.
The Venue The Expo will be held in the Fitting Shop of the Gasworks Museum, Braemar Street, South Dunedin. This is a recently restored heritage building with features which reflect energy efficient practices such as ducted heating and lighting, insulation and double glazing. The Gasworks Museum is an internationally significant industrial heritage site. The association of gas and energy use is an important link between the past, present and future. Display times are from 10.00am - 4pm each day of the Expo.
The Dunedin Gasworks Museum is situated in the Engine House of the now closed Dunedin Gasworks which was New Zealand’s first and last gasworks, operating from 1863 until 1987. It is one of only three known preserved gasworks museums in the world. This is a significant local and world heritage site.
The museum is located at 20 Braemar Street, South Dunedin (near the South Dunedin Warehouse and Pak'n'Save), and is open on the first and third Sunday of each month, 12:00 noon to 4:00pm. Admission charges are $4.00 for an adult and $6.00 for a family ( 2 adults and 2 children).
Sir Neil Cossons, former Chairman of English Heritage and a world authority on industrial heritage, and the Patron of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust, has stated that in his opinion this museum has "the best examples of an operating Gaswork's plant in the world".
Presently the Gasworks Museum Trust is undertaking a major restoration of the Fitting Shop.
The museum is situated in and around the Engine House of the original gasworks, which was a much larger complex when it was operating.
Remember When?
Do you have stories/information/photos or titbits about the Dunedin Gasworks when it was still operational, or know of anyone who does? If so we would love to hear from you. Please contact us by email at
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or phone Kirsten or Jasmine on 03 455 5063 and leave a message.
How to get to the Museum
The museum is located at 20 Braemar Street, South Dunedin (near the South Dunedin Warehouse and Pak'n'Save)
A regular public bus service runs from Princess St to the vicinity of the Museum. The bus departs from Stand 1 on Princess St south of the Octagon, it returns to Stand 2. These bus stops are outside the present location of the Dunedin Information Centre.
The map below shows the best route to the Museum from the Octagon.
The Gasworks Museum is open on the first and third Sunday of each month, 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm. It is also open from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm every Tuesday when volunteers are working on the site. The museum can be opened with prior notice for special visits by contacting the Museum.
