Wednesday 6 October 2021, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Floortalk: ‘Surrealist Art’ Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington Join Lizzie Bisley for a floortalk in 'Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen'. Lizzie co-curated the exhibition and will provide unique insights into the artwork on display, with a particular focus on the role of Women Surrealists. $25.00 – $35.00
Thursday 7 October 2021, 10:30 am - 11:30 am ‘Feathermania: Fashion to die for’ Floortalk Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington Join Senior Curator Claire Regnault in Feathermania for a lively floor talk on the fashion for feathers in the 19th century, including stories of New Zealand’s bird hunters, ‘feather furriers’ $15.00
Wednesday 20 October 2021, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Curating ‘Surrealist Art’ Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Step behind the scenes with this talk from Te Papa’s Curator of Modern Art Lizzie Bisley. In this talk she will delve into the process of creating a major art exhibition – revealing how the exhibition narrative was formed $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 21 October 2021, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Gallery Visit: Toi Koru at Pātaka Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua, New Zealand Reuben Friend, Director of Pātaka Art + Museum, and curator of SANDY ADSETT: TOI KORU, will lead a tour of this major survey exhibition specifically for the Friends of Te Papa. $20.00
Thursday 25 November 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Floortalk: Encounters – Cancelled Toi Art, Level 5, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Join us when Rebecca Rice and Matariki Williams speak about their recent publication at the portrait wall in Toi Art - the most popular art exhibition for Te Papa visitors. $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 20 January 2022, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Tour: Melvin Day A Modernist Perspective Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua, New Zealand Join us for a guided tour of 'Melvin Day: A Modernist Perspective' with Curator Mark Hutchins-Pond $20.00 – $25.00
Thursday 26 May 2022, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Talk: Shaping Modernism at Te Papa Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington How did the collections arrive at Te Papa and how do curators work to interpret them? Justine Olsen looks at recent work on this subject that brings together international and New Zealand collections. $25.00 – $30.00
Friday 3 June 2022, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Members’ Preview: Robin White Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Come along anytime between 12noon and 2pm and enjoy your members’ preview of 'Robin White: Something's Happening Here' before it opens to the public on Saturday 04 June.
Wednesday 3 August 2022, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Curator’s Pick – Molluscs, Birds, Fish and Insects Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington Find out what excites three scientists in this 'curator’s pick' session at Tory Street $25.00
Friday 5 August 2022, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Carry Me – 100 Years Of Handbags Whirinaki Whare Taonga 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt Join us for an exclusive Friends of Te Papa tour of an exquisite exhibition showcasing the history of handbags over the last 100 years, led by it's curator. $20.00