Sights in Thames

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   Historical Museum

   • Thames, New Zealand
   • Sights › Museum

   Pioneer relics, rocks and old photographs of the town.

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   School of Mines & Mineralogical Museum

   • Thames, New Zealand
   • Sights › Museum

   The Historic Places Trust runs tours of these buildings, which house an extensive collection of NZ rocks, minerals and fossils. The oldest section (1868) was part of a Methodist Sunday school, situated on a Maori burial ground. The Trust also distributes a free self-tour pamphlet taking in Thames’ significant buildings.

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   Butterfly & Orchid Garden

   • Thames, New Zealand
   • Sights › Gardens

   Anyone with a fairy complex will adore the Butterfly & Orchid Garden, 3km north of town within the Dickson Holiday Park. It’s an enclosed jungle full of hundreds of exotic flappers.

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   Goldmine Experience

   • Thames, New Zealand
   • Sights › Mine

   Walk through a mine tunnel, watch a stamper battery crush rock, learn about the history of the Cornish miners and try your hand at panning for gold ($2 extra).

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