Whittaker's Music Museum

"WAIHEKE MUSICAL MUSEUMFounded by Lloyd & Joan WhittakerWaiheke Musical Museum houses a unique collection of antique & unusual instruments within a performance venue.The Museum was founded in 1996 by Lloyd and Joan Whittaker who, for years, had collected musical instruments from second hand shops, antique dealers and various old sheds located all around New Zealand. Lloyd was a talented musician and a consummate restorer of these instruments. When the couple moved from New Plymouth to Waiheke Island in 1996, they brought their collection with them and, with help from the community, started the Museum at Artworks in Oneroa. It moved into the current space in the same venue in 2000."