A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Mt Hobson - WWII

"This seat was given by the residents of Remuera in memory of the boys who played on the slopes of this mountain and who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II." Auckland, NZ has 50 volcanic...

"This seat was given by the residents of Remuera in memory of the boys who played on the slopes of this mountain and who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II." Auckland, NZ has 50...

  • wwii
  • new zealand

Dedicated to M. R Atkinson Not Dead, Just Likes Plaques

  • not dead
  • just likes plaques

He sailed away...

A seat dedicated to an old sailor at the end of a coastal walk

A seat dedicated to an old sailor at the end of a coastal walk

  • sailor

Riff Raff Statue / Embassy Theatre, Hamilton, New Zealand

  This plaque sits next to a statue of Richard O’Brien’s character Riff Raff. It is also on the site of the Embassy Theatre in Hamilton, New Zealand, since demolished. It commemorates both...

  This plaque sits next to a statue of Richard O’Brien’s character Riff Raff. It is also on the site of the Embassy Theatre in Hamilton, New Zealand, since demolished. It commemorates...

  • embassy theatre
  • hamilton
  • riff raff
  • rocky horror...

Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (IPENZ) Victoria Bridge

This seat has been provided by the Institution of Professional Engineers of NZ to commemorate the centenary of the Victoria Bridge as a significant engineering structure September 2010Submitted...

This seat has been provided by the Institution of Professional Engineers of NZ to commemorate the centenary of the Victoria Bridge as a significant engineering structure September 2010Submitted...

  • new zealand
  • hamilton
  • seat
  • bridge
  • engineers
  • ipenz

Harrodsville

Submitted by @DreadTower

Submitted by @DreadTower

    St. Andrews Church

    “ST. ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE – DECLARED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH ON 8th DECEMBER 1991 – Including all people of every creed, race, class and sexual orientation.”This sign is on the historic St....

    “ST. ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE – DECLARED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH ON 8th DECEMBER 1991 – Including all people of every creed, race, class and sexual orientation.”This sign is on the historic...

    • equality
    • new zealand
    • wellington

      Jane Travers and Ernest Coleridge

      SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JANE, THE WIFE OF WILLIAM THOMAS LOCKE TRAVERS OF WELLINGTON, BARRISTER, WHO DIED 2ND JANUARY 1888. AGED 67 YEARS. GOOD IN EVERY RELATION OF LIFE SHE WAS EXEMPLARY AS A...

      SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JANE, THE WIFE OF WILLIAM THOMAS LOCKE TRAVERS OF WELLINGTON, BARRISTER, WHO DIED 2ND JANUARY 1888. AGED 67 YEARS. GOOD IN EVERY RELATION OF LIFE SHE WAS EXEMPLARY AS A...

        Richard John Seddon

          Agnes Torcque

            The Peace Flame

            THE PEACE FLAME WAS DEDICATED BY THE HONOURABLE FRAN WILDE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON AND THE VERY REVEREND SAGA SAN ABBOT OF THE TOSHOGU SHRINE UENO, TOKYO, JAPAN 25 June 1994

            THE PEACE FLAME WAS DEDICATED BY THE HONOURABLE FRAN WILDE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON AND THE VERY REVEREND SAGA SAN ABBOT OF THE TOSHOGU SHRINE UENO, TOKYO, JAPAN 25 June 1994

              Glenmore st. Bus stop

              On the way back from Karori, the 2nd largest suburb in the southern hemisphere, towards wellington city is a bus stopass with some history. 

              On the way back from Karori, the 2nd largest suburb in the southern hemisphere, towards wellington city is a bus stopass with some history. 

              • bus
              • busstop

              Wellington Cable Car

                Richard Byrn memorial, Mount Victoria

                “THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

                “THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

                • antarctica
                • explorers
                • mount vic
                • new zealand
                • wellington

                Mount Victoria / Matairangi Development

                  The Antarctic Treaty

                    Sacred to the Memory of George Dobson

                    SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE DOBSON GOVERNMENT ENGINEER MURDERED HERE BY BUSHRANGERS 28 OF MAY 1866 Submitted by jase_b

                    SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE DOBSON GOVERNMENT ENGINEER MURDERED HERE BY BUSHRANGERS 28 OF MAY 1866 Submitted by jase_b

                    • 1866
                    • new zealand
                    • bushrangers
                    • government engineer