Devonport Museum is a local history museum in the Mount Cambria reserve at 33A Vauxhall Road, Devonport, on the North Shore. It is run by the Devonport Historical and Museum Society, and its 1890 Presbyterian church building was moved onto the site in 1978. The museum opened in 1980, and its gardens followed in 1981. Its displays cover natural and geological history, local landmarks, settlement, maritime and transport history, tools, toys and household items. A research service is available, and some display material can be viewed. Groups can be hosted by arrangement.
The museum is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 12 noon, and visitors are asked to get in touch first. It is closed on public holidays. It is about a 15-minute walk from the village shops, along the waterfront and up Church Street past Holy Trinity Church. Devonport is one of Auckland's earliest nineteenth-century European settlements and is known for its streetscapes of that era. Our pick in Devonport for a quiet hour of local history in the reserve.