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Tour: Pacific Cultures Collection Behind the Scenes (eve)

Pacific Store Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

From 3000 year old pottery shards to obsidian spears and  contemporary fashion, come behind the scenes and be surprised by Te Papa’s Pacific Cultures Collections.

$30.00

Wonderland Wednesdays: A History of Animation

Te Marae Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Mariya Kalachova, Lead Animator at Weta, will take us through how animators have attempted to share the magic of Alice's story on the big screen throughout the ages. Why is this story, written in 1865, an undoubtedly bizarre and complicated tale, so extremely popular to adapt to film?

$35.00 – $50.00

Talk: The photography of Leslie Adkin

Korero, Level 3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Te Papa has a large collection of Adkin's photographs but they have not been greatly accessible in the past. This is now changing. Spend the morning with us and hear from Te Papa's curator of photography Athol McCredie on what has been achieved and what an end result might look like.

$15.00 – $25.00

Talk: Burne-Jones’ 1871 Italian Sketchbook

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear about the 198 page sketchbook from Te Papa's collections, which will be on show. The sketchbook documents Burne-Jones Italian destinations, including Pisa, Florence, Rome, Assisi and Perugia amongst others.

$20.00 – $30.00

Ngā Wai e Rua : Stories of Us – Film

Soundings Theatre, Level 2 Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join us and take a look back at our rich history with 'Ngā wai e rua: Stories of Us'. A special film screening from the first filmed encounter between Māori and British Royals to footage of the 1975 Land March, these items evoke a strong sense of the shared stories and rich dual histories of Aotearoa New Zealand.

$20.00 – $30.00

Furniture and Technology tour (i)

Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington

Go behind the scenes with Katie Cooper (Curator NZ Histories and Cultures) and Carolyn McGill (Kaitiaki Taonga Collection Manager Humanities) and see some of the highlights of Te Papa’s furniture and technology collections.

$20.00

Furniture and Technology tour (ii)

Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington

Go behind the scenes with Katie Cooper (Curator NZ Histories and Cultures) and Carolyn McGill (Kaitiaki Taonga Collection Manager Humanities) and see some of the highlights of Te Papa’s furniture and technology collections.

$20.00

Hidden Treasures

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Māori taonga in the Russian museums of Saint Petersburg and Kazan which were collected on an expedition to the South Seas in 1819-1821 have survived chaos and destruction .

$20.00 – $25.00

Talk: Why Te Papa? Ken Gorbey explains

Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Ken Gorbey discusses why Te Papa draws such international attention and regard.

$15.00 – $30.00

Tour: Te Papa Archives (IV)

Te Papa Tory Street 169 Tory Street, Wellington

Have you ever wondered what treasures lie within the Museum’s archives? Te Papa’s Archive holds fascinating collections of papers and records from the Colonial Museum and predecessor organisations

$20.00