Ongaonga Museum is a small museum at 83 Bridge Street in Ongaonga, in rural Central Hawke's Bay. It holds a Google rating of 4.4 from 57 reviews, and it shows the history of the village and of the local settler families.
The museum includes the recently restored Coles Joinery building, which the website says won a Hawke's Bay heritage tourism award in 2022. One entry fee covers both the museum and the Coles Factory. The website quotes visitors praising the friendly, knowledgeable staff and the architecture of the joinery building.
For local history in a restored village setting, it is a museum worth a visit on Bridge Street in Ongaonga.