Library

• Phone (09) 373 0810

• Email danielle@maritimemuseum.co.nz

• Opening hours: Thursday 10am - 4pm, or by appointment Wednesdays or Fridays

An entry fee of $10.00 is payable at the Museum's front of house for all research visits. If you would like to access the library's collections for research, you can visit the library on Thursday 10am-4pm, or by appointment Wednesdays or Fridays.

The librarian may be able to undertake small research tasks on your behalf or advise on possible sources of information. If you would like to enquire, please email our librarian.

• Per page (A4/A3 b&w)  20 cents
• Per page (A4/A3 colour)  40 cents 
• Digital image file $10.00 per image
• Half hour charge for library staff copying /scanning of multiple documents $30.00
• Digital plan file Price on enquiry

If you would like to reproduce material from the Bill Laxon Library, where the Museum does not hold the copyright, it is your responsibility to seek permission from the copyright holder. The Museum may charge an additional licensing fee to reproduce an image for commercial purposes. Please check with staff at collections@maritimemuseum.co.nz.

While the library does not hold passenger or crew lists, additional resources in the collection may include:

• Photographs of some passenger ships
• Selected ephemera such as deck plans, accommodation plans or menus
• A small number of shipboard diaries and logs

Other useful resources

• Search passenger lists 1839-1973 (Archives New Zealand)
• Papers Past New Zealand newspaper search

The Bill Laxon Maritime Library is a reference only library and no items are available for loan. Prints, copies and scans can be made for a small fee where copyright alows.

Our library is located inside the New Zealand Maritime Museum on Level 2.

Take the lift to the second level and turn left.