It's a Winner - Wellington Cable Car Museum
Visitors watch the Wellington Cable Car approach.
Wellington’s iconic Cable Car Museum is stopping them dead in their tracks – the judges that is. A second Tourism Industry Award confirms the museum’s place as a national heritage attraction.
The Cable Car Museum was awarded the Cultural and Heritage sub-category at the 2007 Tourism Industry Awards, for the second consecutive year. Wellington Museums Trust CEO John Gilberthorpe says he is absolutely delighted with the win.
“The fact that we won an award last year on our first-ever entry and have now won again validates all the hard work we’ve put into developing this museum over a relatively short space of time,” John says.
“With previous winners of this category including Otago Museum and Rotorua Museum, we’re obviously thrilled that a boutique museum like ours can cut it with the big guns.”
The Wellington Cable Car Museum opened in late 2000, and is managed by the Wellington Museums Trust. It attracts more than 200,000 visitors a year, 70% of which are international visitors over the summer season.
Since opening, the Wellington Cable Car Museum has doubled its size with an award-winning extension to the original historic building. It has also completed a nationally significant conservation and restoration project that has seen another rare grip cable car (1904) put on display.
“These changes and improvements have all been in direct response to visitor feedback, which we survey constantly, so it’s great to achieve this result,” says John.
For more information visit: www.cablecarmuseum.co.nz
