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This panorama shows the General Assembly Library, part of the New Zealand Parliamentary complex. The library is at the northern end of the complex, ans is all that remains of the original buildings. The round building at the southern end is the Executive Wing, known locally as the Beehive due to the circular form.General Assembly Library - Further Information
The General Assembly Library is the oldest part of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings in Wellington. On the left of the library used to be an old, wooden parliamentary building, which was designed by William Clayton in 1871. This burnt down in 1907, but the library buildings survived.The General Assembly Library was originally established in Auckland, but moved to Wellington in 1865. It was then recognized as being the finest and most important collection of doccuments in New Zealand, and rapidly grew to contain tens of thousands of volumes. Outgrowing the space available, the collection was split and in In 1976/77 about 1,000 volumes of rare books were transferred to the Special Printed Collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Further rare books were moved over the following decades.
Address:
New Zealand Parliament Buildings
Molesworth Street
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Travel Directions and Getting There:
Molesworth Street is a short walk from the harbour front down Bunny Street.
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