The Auckland War Memorial Museum was designed by Grierson, Aimer and Draffin, who won a 1920s competition. M. K. and R. F. Draffin designed the late-1950s annex. Building began in August 1925, and Governor-General Sir Charles Fergusson opened it in 1929. The infobox gives no construction dates. The article names no client.
The article calls the style Neoclassical, with Greco-Roman and Greek Revival influences, and the bas-reliefs mix Neo-Grec and Art Deco. It uses English Portland stone, Coromandel granite detailing, concrete block with cement stucco for the annex and a copper-and-glass dome.
A 1990s restoration cost 43 million New Zealand dollars. The 2006 to 2007 expansion added 9,600 square meters, a 60 percent increase, for 64.5 million, with a sphere about 98 feet (30 m) across. The infobox says heritage Category 1, while the text says A classification. The article gives no hours.
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