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Tour: Classics Museum at VUW

Classics Museum, Victoria University of Wellington VUW Kelburn Campus, Old Kirk Building, Level 5, Kelburn, Wellington

Join us on this special opportunity to visit the Classics Museum at the Victoria University of Wellington. Our tour will be lead by Dr Diana Burton, Director of Classics, School of Languages and Cultures will lead the tour.
Numbers are limited be sure to get in quick.

$15.00 – $18.00

Tour: Millers O’Brien Gallery Visit

Level 1 Mibar Building 85 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Visit the Millers O’Brien Gallery to see 3 new exhibitions, Always Forever Now, Nobody Believe You (Bad Luck) and Salt Pillars. Painting, photography and stoneware are combined in the exhibition and speak to a collective memory, and the natural and urban landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand. 

$15.00 – $18.00

Tour: Parliament’s Art Collection

Parliament Building Moleswoth Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Experience Parliament’s art collection. This one-hour guided art tour led by Sarah Jacobs, Curator, and Tasha Fernandez, Displays and Collections Assistant, takes in some of the most significant artworks in the Parliamentary Collection. Numbers strictly limited; register early to avoid disappointment.

$15.00 – $18.00

Tour: An Opportunity to Visit ‘Crofton’

Crofton House 21 Kenya Street, Ngaio, Wellington

Join the Friends in this wonderful opportunity of visiting Crofton in Ngaio, Wellington.  Crofton was built in 1857 for Sir William and Lady Sarah Fox as a country residence.  Sir William Fox was the second Premier of New Zealand, appointed in 1856.  This early colonial country house is one of the oldest surviving homes in Wellington.

$25.00 – $30.00

Studio Visit – Piera McArthur

Piera McArthur's Studio 17 Park Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Join us on this special opportunity to visit Piera McArthur's studio, hear first-hand the story of her world of art entry, and get a sneak preview on her recent work prior to its shipment to Auckland for an exhibition.

$16.00 – $20.00

Michel Tuffery on ‘Here: Kupe to Cook’

Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua, New Zealand

Th Friends of Te Papa have been offered the opportunity for an exclusive and informative survey of 'Here: Kupe to Cook' exhibition currently on at Pataka Art + Museum by leading Pacific artist, Michel Tuffery MNZM.

$15.00 – $20.00

Tour: Pacific Cultures Collection

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

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

Tour: Day at Foxton

Foxton city , New Zealand

Join us for a special Friends tour to historic Foxton in the Horowhenua. We will travel from Wellington to visit the town’s exciting new museum and cultural complex, Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to telling the story of Foxton and its people.

$50.00 – $95.00

Tour: Behind the Scenes, William Hodges in Toi Art

Tamatea Exhibition, Toi Art, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join Art Historian, David Maskill and Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical NZ Art, for a close encounter with paintings and prints by William Hodges, artist on board Captain Cook’s second voyage to Aotearoa and the Pacific from 1772-75.

$30.00