Turnbull House

One of Wellington City's finest heritage buildings, Turnbull House was built in 1918 as Alexander Turnbull's private residence and to house his extensive collection of maps, pictures, documents and over 55,000 volumes.

Turnbull died later that year and bequeathed his entire collection to the Crown. The Alexander Turnbull Library officially opened in the house in 1920 and remained there until 1973. It is now located in the National Library of New Zealand building on Molesworth Street.

The Alexander Turnbull Library collection is regarded as New Zealand's largest collection of early printed books and fine printing with a collection policy to cover every period and aspect of our history.

Turnbull House is now used as a function and conference centre.