The Treasury Research Centre and Archive - The Treasury Research Centre and Archive 705 Queen Street

So very interesting historically

This is an excellent reference establishment for the history of Thames, Coromandel and Hauraki plains. A beautiful building, well maintained.

Amazing building, and top rate assistance from the staff on my family history research.

I went to this archive where they attempted to extort money even before I got into the door. They have a monopoly on the local archives as both the local museum and the local library have surrendered their material to the Treasury. There is literally nowhere else you can go. I complained to both the Treasury and the local council and they said they would look into it. Checking a year later and they had done nothing. If you want to do your own research in person, then this is the official response as at 19 November 2018: "The charges are: $15.00 per person for a hours research. This also includes assistance from one of our volunteers to help you find the material. We do not allow photographs to be taken, but yes photocopying is available at 20 cents per Black & White A4 sheet or you can take notes". Note that the above information regarding the details of their exorbitant charges was nowhere to be found on their website as of November 2018. They just want you to come to the door and then they confront you - take it or leave it. After having travelled around New Zealand for 15 months doing research, The Treasury was by far the worst experience I had. The majority of museums and libraries were very helpful and are a credit to their localities. I was very happy to pay a contribution or make a donation, especially for a private Museum. But The Treasury holds its information to ransome and by doing so reflects badly on the local community. Their management could not even understand when I raised the irony that they occupy the old Carnegie Library in Thames. Carnegie’s bequest was intended to help communities by providing access to knowledge via free public libraries.

Nice architecture building, was here 3 months ago