Hawke's Bay's first Knowledge Bank will be officially opened at the historic 137-year-old Stoneycroft Homestead in Hastings this week, four years after the initiative was first proposed.
The Hawke's Bay Digital Archives Trust has restored the interior of the homestead on Omahu Rd to accommodate the Knowledge Bank.
It offers a computerised record of pictures, film, biographies and oral history of Hawke's Bay.
Galleries downstairs introduce people, places and events of interest to visitors while studios upstairs will be used to collate more information on the history of Hawke's Bay.
The upstairs studios include the region's only sound-proofed oral history studio.