The National Tattoo Museum is a very unique museum in the South Pacific region. You get to see exhibitions of famous traditional Maori Tattoo, which brought international recognition to the country. There are collections dating back to 4,000 B.C. and also contemporary tattoo art.

Enjoy Public Art Gallery was founded in 2000. It is a small gallery owned by an artist. Its temporary exhibitions are of contemporary work by young and well-known New Zealand artists, displaying mostly avant-garde art.

The City Gallery of Wellington is set in the Civic Square. There you will see the best exhibitions of contemporary New Zealand art, as well as work done by international artists. The art displayed in its temporary exhibitions is extraordinary, and both challenges and captivates the visitors.

Avid Gallery exhibits and sells decorative arts. These are the high quality items that are used for decor. Here you can find New Zealand ceramics, hand made jewelry, glass-works, and other applied arts. AVID, founded in 1992, has displayed only high quality contemporary decorative art since.

The Academy of Fine Arts is located in a historic building, in the center of Wellington. Its goal is to support the development of fine arts in New Zealand and to preserve works of art by local artists. It hosts original exhibitions of outstanding New Zealand artists throughout the year.

Millwood Gallery is located in the historic Tinakori Road Shopping Village. The gallery showcases a wide variety of works by New Zealand artists. The gallery also offers authentic paintings, prints and etchings for sale.