Thames School of Mines & Mineralogical Museum - Thames, New Zealand
S 37° 08.100 E 175° 32.239
60H E 370083 N 5889150
A treasure trove for the rock hound with many specimens in cases.
Waymark Code: WM89NH
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 02/22/2010
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The Thames School of Mines is a historic property managed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. It comprises the former TSM complex, in existence between 1886 and 1953. Its Mineralogical Museum is a museum of a gold-mining town. It has country rock, elements in host rocks, fossils for dating before radiocarbon dating and metallurgical samples. The authenticity of the complex is intact.
The Thames school was one of over 30 schools opened up in the mining districts during the late 1880s-1890s. Reefton and Thames are the only two surviving examples in New Zealand now
Name: Thames School of Mines & Mineralogical Muesum
Location/Address:
101 Cochrane St
Thames, North Island New Zealand
2801
Telephone Number: 64-7-868 6227
Type/Specialty: Historic Site, Science, Technology
Agency/Ownership: New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Theater: No
Hours of operation: Summer Daily 11am-4pm Winter Daily 11am-3pm
Admission Fee: 3.00 Adult, Children Free
Gift Shop: no
Cafe/Restaurant: no
Web Site: Not listed
Educational programs: Not listed
Other Features: Not listed
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