Te Papa Museum in Wellington is New Zealand’s national museum. Te Papa roughly translates to “Our Place” from Maori, and the museum opened its doors in 1998 after merging with the National Museum and National Art Gallery. Its exhibits are not exclusively scientific in nature, but it does have large collections of fossils, archaeozoology, plant specimens, bird specimens as well as a wide array of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. It otherwise has exhibits on the Arts, History, Taonga Māori and Pacific Cultures. Its most famous exhibit is its enormous 495 kg colossal squid specimen. Sadly, this is currently on display, but is set to return in 2019.