This natural history museum is housed in a genuine log building in a pleasant rural setting. The mounted collection includes the large Archie Robertson bird collection, Grays rock collection, insects, butterflies, exotic, native animals and birds. The animals in this collection include exotics such as tigers, lions, alligators, crocodiles. The birds are from New Zealand, British, Australian and around the world. The insect collection includes wetas, stick insects, dragonflies. There is also a large rock collection from all over New Zealand.