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Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Our new Reading Group will take place on the first and third Thursday of the month, starting with Sept 5. Each session will showcase a new Te Papa Press book, with monthly guest speakers from authors to historians to publishers to share their process. Mark your calendars: First and third Thursday of the month. 2:00 pm – […]

Slow Looking

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join Museum Education Specialist Laura Jones for an enjoyable session where we use strategies to help us slow down and enjoy looking at art more. Going to an art gallery can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming, so much to see and so little time. The average person spends less than 30 seconds viewing a work […]

$20.00 – $25.00

Reading Group: 19 September 2024

Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Reading group 19 September: The wonderful Briony Hogg, owner of Marsden Books will be our guest at the Reading Group next week. She will be showcasing interesting and popular books from her shelves.   This week’s line-up:  Fiction: You Are Here by David Nicholls – This is the story of Micheal and Marnie who are thrown together […]

Charter Members Event

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join Te Papa’s art curators Lizzie Bisley (Curator Modern Art), Hanahiva Rose (Curator Contemporary Art), Justine Olsen (Curator of Design and Decorative Arts), Lissa Mitchell (Curator Photography), and Athol McCredie (Curator Photography), for an exclusive look at new acquisitions into the national art collection. Visitors will be taken to two back-of-house arts storerooms to see recently […]

Back-of-House Tour: New Art Acquisitions

Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Join Te Papa’s art curators Lizzie Bisley (Curator Modern Art), Hanahiva Rose (Curator Contemporary Art), Justine Olsen (Curator of Design and Decorative Arts), and Athol McCredie (Curator Photography) for an exclusive look at new acquisitions into the national art collection. Visitors will be taken to two back-of-house arts storerooms to see recently acquired artworks, photographs and […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Reading Group: 3 October 2024

Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Reading group 3 October: Te Papa Press will introduce and discuss Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer By Athol McCredie. Leslie was a passionate farmer and an even more passionate photographer. He excelled at capturing the everyday life of farming families, and the great and interesting things that happened around him. This book is hot off the […]

Free

Curators Tour: Weaves of the World Textile Exhibition

NZ Academy of Fine Arts 1 Queens Wharf

Join textile experts Shani Pillai and Joji Jacob for a one-hour private curators tour of their forthcoming textile exhibition Weaves of the World, showing at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts 2 - 13 October. Weaves of the World is a collection of heritage cultural costumes, textiles and artefacts celebrating the rich multicultural and ethnic […]

$35.00 – $40.00

Slow Looking: Generation X

Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Join Museum Education Specialist Laura Jones for an enjoyable session where we use strategies to help us slow down and enjoy looking at art more. Following on from our recent session, Laura is back to lead us through another fun and engaging opportunity to take a slow look - this time in the Generation X: […]

$25.00 – $30.00

Walking Tour: Geological Curiosities of Wellington CBD

Te Papa Assemble at the Main Entrance Foyer

Join geological expert Hamish Campbell for a fun and fascinating 2-hour walk through the Wellington CBD, where we'll learn about geologically significant sites along the way! Starting at Te Papa, Hamish will tell us about the Dolomite stone used to build Te Papa - find out why it's known as the 'cheese of the rock […]

Reading Group: 17 October 2024

Reading Room, Mezzanine, L4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Our Reading Group takes place on the first and third Thursday of the month.  Reading group 17 October: Briony Hogg, owner of Marsden Books will showcase interesting and popular books from her shelves. Fiction: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to […]

Free