Open-air museums are always something incredibly special and attractive: historic building, recreated the atmosphere of the past, unusual energy. This is how you can describe the Historical Village located in the city of Tauranga. It is a place where time seems to stand still creating an opportunity to return to the beautiful and fascinating past.

Historic Village is a unique collection of old houses that were transported there from all over the city. Hundreds of specialists worked to properly disassemble, move, and assemble the sometimes dilapidated structures from the time of colonization. At the new location, each house was restored, modernized so that electricity and heating could be used. Also, a thematic platform was placed there to meet the specific tasks of this unique place.

Today, the Historic Village has more than 15 houses, each of which is a real architectural gem. Small and elegant, they are like dollhouses attracting guests with their beautiful appearance. Almost every house has a small and vegetable garden, where flowers and vegetables are still grown.

Historic Village is not just an architectural museum, it is a real cultural center. First, some houses have long been occupied by local artists' workshops. They hold exhibitions, master classes, and train people who want to learn how to draw. The building houses a theater, a cinema, and several dance clubs. Secondly, the Historic Village regularly hosts major city holidays. Then it is flooded with people: residents and visitors come there to take part in a bright folk festival. Third, several houses are rented out: you can hold a wedding, a lecture, a themed game, or any other creative event that needs beautiful decorations.

However, it is nice to walk there without any precise reason, just to enjoy the atmosphere of small cafes, nice shops with souvenirs, sociable employees of the village who go in costumes of the colonial era. All this makes you plunge into the atmosphere of the old life and to feel and enjoy, contemplating the beauty around you.