1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Bolton Street Cemetery Thursday 1 March 2018, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Bolton Street Cemetery Commemorative art is the focus of our tour through the Bolton Street Cemetery. This is Wellington’s oldest cemetery dating from 1840. To the Victorians, memorial symbolism was important and you will see interesting examples of this form of art. $15.00
9:30 am - 11:00 am Taonga Māori tour Thursday 8 March 2018, 9:30 am - 11:00 am Taonga Māori tour You will visit two collection areas; one housing weaponry, food implements and carving, including pounamu; and the textile collection which holds the largest kakahu (cloaks) collection in the world. $25.00
9:30 am - 11:00 am A special insight into the exhibition Tuesday 13 March 2018, 9:30 am - 11:00 am A special insight into the exhibition We will begin our tour at the heart of the exhibition, in the oldest surviving carved meeting house in the world, Te Hau ki Tūranga, a high point of Rongowhakaata creative expression. $18.00 – $25.00
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friends’ Preview of Toi Art Thursday 15 March 2018, 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friends’ Preview of Toi Art Toi Art is the new home of New Zealand’s national art collection. Spanning two floors, the newly built gallery offers an additional 35% more floor space and will feature four major exhibitions as well as commissions from leading New Zealand artists.
9:30 am - 11:00 am Taonga Māori tour (ii) Sunday 18 March 2018, 9:30 am - 11:00 am Taonga Māori tour (ii) This tour will take you behind the scenes to visit two collection areas; one housing weaponry, food implements and carving, including pounamu; and the textiles collection which holds the largest kakahu (cloaks) collection in the world. $25.00
9:30 am - 12:30 pm NZ Impressionists and an Italian masterpiece Thursday 22 March 2018, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm NZ Impressionists and an Italian masterpiece Join us on the bus to Expressions for tours of a 'salon' hang of the entire Pumpkin Cottage collection, and "The Secrets of Mona Lisa", an exhibition that combines art, history and science to shed light on a very old painting. $35.00 – $45.00