Monday 14 April 2014, 10:15 am - 1:00 pm Textile Clinic Not sure how to store or look after your textile treasures and heirlooms? Bring your item to Te Papa and discuss with a textile conservator. The limit is one item only. $5.00
Friday 31 October 2014, 10:15 am - 1:30 pm Textile Clinic – October 2014 Not sure how to store or look after your textile treasures and heirlooms? Bring your item to Te Papa and discuss with a textile conservator. The limit is one item only. Payable on the day
Friday 20 February 2015, 10:15 am - 12:00 pm Textile Clinic – February 2015 Not sure how to store or look after your textile treasures and heirlooms? Bring your item to Te Papa and discuss with a textile conservator. Cash payment on the day
Saturday 11 July 2015, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Inside the Old Public Trust building This is a rare chance to go inside the Old Public Trust Building which is currently undergoing a significant seismic upgrade. $12.00
Sunday 12 July 2015, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Inside the Old Public Trust building (ii) This is a rare chance to go inside the Old Public Trust Building which is currently undergoing a significant seismic upgrade. $12.00
Wednesday 9 September 2015, 10:15 am - 2:00 pm Textile Clinic – September 2015 Not sure how to store or look after your textile treasures and heirlooms? Bring your item to Te Papa and discuss it with a textile conservator. $5.00
Thursday 12 May 2016, 10:15 am - 11:45 am Conserving Chatham Island tree carvings Hear about the ingenuity, painstaking work, and team collaboration behind saving the fragile and fast-declining rākau momori – Chatham Islands ancestral carvings on living trees. $15.00 – $39
Thursday 16 November 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Very rare indeed The International History collections at Te Papa include rare and historic objects with global origins, collected during the era of Te Papa’s antecedent, the Dominion Museum. Conservator Anne Peranteau will discuss some of these, focusing on African textiles and collector Desmond Bovey will talk about his interests that led to him building a significant collection of traditional African art. $18.00 – $25.00
Tuesday 3 April 2018, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Tudor and Jacobean portraits This lecture is a feast for the eyes! It describes the oil painting materials and techniques of the portrait painters of the Tudor and Jacobean courts in 16th and early 17th century England. Presented by Sarah Cove, one of Britain’s foremost Technical Art Historians and consultant to international museums, salerooms and collectors. Free – $20.00
Thursday 8 July 2021, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Friends Takeover Night 2021 Te Papa Assemble at the Main Entrance Foyer A night where Friends of Te Papa get the whole museum to themselves. Go behind-the-scenes, hear from our experts, listen to live music, shop, eat and drink, and experience the museum like no-one else. Free – $25.00