We didn’t actually get to go round the Museum, largely because we were moderately pooped by the time it hove into view, and in any case it was half an hour before closing time.

Nevertheless, pausing for a bit of rest in the entry hall, we did marvel at the main structure, an apparently suspended inverted wooden bell and a remarkable staircase.

With interesting lighting from a rooftop skylight.

Generally I like the architecture of Auckland.  No shortage of ugly box architecture of course, but enough of this sort of creativity to make it an interesting city.

Here’s one of the ugly ones: