We joined a guided tour, she was really good and explained what each room was used for in an interesting way. The gift shop had really cool and quirky items.

Pompalier House - a must see working museum. Lovely guide who was extremely knowledgable and talked us through the fascinating story of this historical building.

A wonderful visit and tour for Pompalier House. Beautifully maintained and a fascinating piece of New Zealand History. Tour was really worthwhile and it reminded me of the the passion and commitment of early settlers and what they would go through to support their beliefs and their communities.

Loved learning about the history here, the guides were terrific. The gardens were really pretty and the old printing press was amazing!

Small museum, with interesting exhibits. Lovely garden. Glad we made time to stop here. They open at 10am---we stayed about an hour, we were on a schedule, so didn't have time for the printing exhibit. Interesting history.

We visited Pompalier House while in Russell and were treated to an excellent guided tour of the attraction. Our guide was very knowledgeable and interpreted the history very well with demonstrations of printing and book binding, and how they tanned and skived off the leather. This is possibly the best "mission" in the area.

Excellent guide and exhibits and a nice garden. A visit there fits in nicely with history of the country. There is a discount for UK National trust members.

We did the tour which was free and very informative- was lovely walking around the old gardens. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly with lots of smiles!

Pompalier House is one of the few buildings in New Zealand that can claim true historic and cultural significance. Built by the French Marist Brothers as a printing works in their efforts to convert Maori to Christinanity it is literally bursting with stories romantic, violent and uplifting. I am not much of a one for group tours but I really... More