<Tr> <Th> Visitors </Th> <Td> 1,578,292 (mid-2016 to mid-2017) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Director </Th> <Td> Geraint Martin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa official website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum, located in Wellington . Known as Te Papa, or "Our Place", it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum and the National Art Gallery . More than 1.5 million people visit every year . </P>

Museum of new zealand (te papa tongarewa) in wellington