
Above The Russell Centennial Trust Board was established to mark the 1940 Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi. The vision was a building to house a Town Council office, library, restroom and a museum. Various additions to the museum have accrued over the years, the most notable being the exhibition room for the 1:5 scale model of the Endeavour in 1969.
Right Consideration was given to the museum’s prominent location ‘bookending’ the town centre, how the museum could herald the entry to Russell from both land and sea, and the best way to encourage movement and connection between the network of cultural and heritage sites within Russell.