Wellington Vintage Machinery Open Days

Get a close look and hands on experience with machinery of yesteryear. Weather permitting, we will have our Fowler Traction engine in steam too!

Find the machine that was used to make the 1950 Empire Games medals. Many of the machines have a association with the Wellington area.

Take a nostalgic trip through the vintage kitchen and other displays of household, and retail items from the past. Wellington Vintage Machinery is housed in an old Cheese Factory built in 1925. The factory has had an interesting past from cheese factory, to milk bottling plant, munitions store during WWII, and other uses before becoming home for the vintage machinery.

The building is one of the few remaining dairy factories designed by architects Duffill & Gibson of Hawera and built by CE Roebuck of New Plymouth.


Cost: Koha
Event information here: https://wellingtonheritagefestival.co.nz/event/wellington-vintage-machinery-open-days-25/


Health & Safety:
Please wear closed toe footwear and keep an eye on any children that you bring along.

Most of the display is wheelchair accessible, and an accessible toilet facility is also available.

You may also like the following events from Wellington Heritage Festival:

• This month, 17th October, 11:00 pm, Self-guided Tour of Truby King Park in Wellington
• This month, 18th October, 12:00 am, Makara Churches and Historic Cottage Tour in Wellington
• This month, 18th October, 12:00 am, Bodgies to Bogans in Upper Hutt

Also check out other Health & Wellness events in Upper Hutt.