Open October 2025 - April 2026
Free Entry
Open Sunday 11-2 or by booking
Find us at the Basin Reserve
$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
10th
10th
10am - 5pm
CLOSED
$ Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
11th
11th
10am - 5pm
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$ Friday
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12th
12th
10am - 5pm
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13th
13th
10am - 5pm
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Sunday
14th
14th
10am - 5pm
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$ Monday
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Monday
29th
29th
12pm - 6pm
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$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
4th
4th
11am - 2pm
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$ Saturday
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Saturday
7th
7th
11am - 2pm
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$ Sunday
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Sunday
8th
8th
11am - 2pm
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$ Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
14th
14th
11am - 2pm
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$ Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
15th
15th
11am - 2pm
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$ Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
17th
17th
11am - 2pm
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$ Friday
Friday
Friday
20th
20th
11am - 2pm
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$ Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
21st
21st
11am - 2pm
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$ Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
22nd
22nd
11am - 2pm
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$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
7th
7th
12pm - 6pm
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$ Friday
Friday
Friday
9th
9th
12pm - 6pm
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$ Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
11th
11th
12pm - 6pm
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$ Monday
Monday
Monday
19th
19th
12pm - 6pm
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$ Monday
Monday
Monday
9th
9th
11am - 2pm
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$ Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
10th
10th
11am - 2pm
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$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
11th
11th
11am - 2pm
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$ Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
12th
12th
11am - 2pm
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$ Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
18th
18th
11am - 2pm
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$ Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
19th
19th
11am - 2pm
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$ Friday
Friday
Friday
20th
20th
11am - 2pm
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$ Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
21st
21st
11am - 2pm
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$ Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
8th
8th
11am - 2pm
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$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
12th
12th
11am - 2pm
CLOSED
$ Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
18th
18th
11am - 2pm
CLOSED
$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
19th
19th
11am - 2pm
CLOSED
$ Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
20th
20th
11am - 2pm
CLOSED
$ Friday
Friday
Friday
21st
21st
11am - 2pm
CLOSED
$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
26th
26th
11am - 2pm
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$ Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
27th
27th
11am - 2pm
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$ Friday
Friday
Friday
28th
28th
11am - 2pm
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$ Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
29th
29th
11am - 2pm
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$ Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
30th
30th
11am - 2pm
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$ Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
1st
1st
11am - 5pm
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$ Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
4th
4th
11am - 5pm
CLOSED

Summer season: October - April

Open hours
*Open days with ‘$’ are paid game days. This means access to the museum is restricted to those who have tickets to the game.
October
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
November
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
December
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
January
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
February
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
March
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
April
Sunday
24th
10am - 4pm
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Stories

Pūrākau Kirikiti

Plenty of Devil; the Blanche Te Rangi story

The first star of women's cricket in New Zealand was a young Ngāi Tahu woman named Blanche Te Rangi, this is her story

The story

The Basin

The New Zealand Cricket Museum is located at the historic Basin Reserve. Regarded as one of the world’s best cricket grounds by players and fans alike, the Basin has a long history, but many people don’t know the origins of how it came to host cricket.

The story

On Top of the World

Two years of toil culminated with the BLACKCAPS claiming victory in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final against India in Southampton.

The story

Fifty Years of Rivalry at the Basin Reserve

New Zealand v Australia Tests at the Basin Reserve from 1946 - 2016

The story

New Zealand's first cricket match

The story of the first recorded cricket match in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The story

The Addington Bat

Follow the evolution of the cricket bat, from the unique curved shape of one of the world's oldest remaining bats to the bat we know today - and beyond.

The story

95 Years of the West Indies in New Zealand (part one)

The first West Indies team to visit our shores arrived in November 1930 on its way to Australia to play a five Test series. This timeline celebrates 95 years of the West Indies tours to New Zealand and the highs and lows that accompany that long Test history.

The story

95 Years of the West Indies in New Zealand (part two)

Part two of the timeline celebrating 95 years of the West Indies tours to New Zealand.

The story

New Zealand Cricket’s South African Romance: the First Forty Years, 1932-1972

Of all the cricketing relationships that New Zealand has built over the years, perhaps none are quite as dynamic as the one shared with South Africa.

The story