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THE SOCIETY

Sixty members, fifteen volunteers, and a building that was once a stable.

The Bulls & District Historical Society Inc. runs the museum. Everyone you meet here is a volunteer, and everything on the shelves was donated by someone from the district.

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Farm relics on display in the old stables at Bulls Museum
PLATE I · FARM RELICS, IN THE OLD STABLES

“Everything in here was kept by someone who lived in the district - and a volunteer can tell you who.”

OPEN DAILY

Monday – Sunday, 10am – 2pm

Koha entry · Children free · Appointments welcome

A CHRONICLE

An old stables on High Street.

Six moments in the order they happened — the building, the horse, and the fifteen volunteers who keep it open.

  1. Ic.1910The building goes up as a stables on High Street.
  2. II1920Colonel Powles brings Bess home from the war — one of only four New Zealand horses to return.
  3. III1934Bess dies on Flock House land and is buried there, under a memorial Powles built himself.
  4. IV2001The museum is established.
  5. V2007The Society buys the old stables at 85 High Street and the museum moves in.
  6. VITodaySixty members, fifteen volunteers, no paid staff, open seven days and by appointment.

JOIN US

Three ways to be part of it.

Become a member

Membership is $10 a year or $15 per couple, with monthly meetings and an AGM each March.

JOIN THE SOCIETY

Volunteer

A love of local history and an interest in sharing and hearing stories.

GET IN TOUCH

Donate an item

Objects relating to Bulls and the district. Please talk to us before bringing anything in.

OFFER AN ITEM

KEEP IN TOUCH

There is no mailing list. Helen answers the phone.

If you’d like to know what’s just come in, or whether the stables will be open on the day you’re visiting, just ask one of our volunteers.

FACEBOOK

Bulls & District Historical Society

TELEPHONE

+64 21 105 1327 - ask for Helen

EMAIL

bulls.museum@gmail.com

IN PERSON

85 High Street, 10am - 2pm

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The Bulls Museum sign on High Street
PLATE VI · THE MUSEUM SIGN, HIGH STREET