Coming Events
20/07/2019
Beyond Te Papa: Tectonics, Tsunamis and Technology
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Science
It takes several villages to create a brand new $12 million nature zone for a museum and it brings together groups from all different parts of the science community. We’ll be hearing from 2 of Te Papa’s key partners, GNS and GeoNet, about their involvement and knowledge around bringing to life the updated Active Land space in te Taiao | Nature.
24/07/2019
Beyond Te Papa: From Tip-Site to Flourishing Forest
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Science
Come and hear Friends President, Elizabeth Kay, describe how one small community group decided to take up the fight and what they have achieved in little more than a decade.
10/08/2019
How to… DNA Test the Treaty
Join our experts who will discuss the conservation history of the Treaty parchments as well as the results of DNA tests they have performed on the Treaty and how this will inform future conservation efforts. A tour of the Te Papa genetics lab and a discussion about parchment preparation and conservation will follow the talk.
20/08/2019
Beyond Te Papa: Threads of Tradition
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Culture
Join us on a visual tour of various textiles from different regions of India, where there is a rich handloom tradition since ancient times. Natural fibres, cotton, silk, jute and hemp are woven with its unique dose of regional flavours, culture, traditions, history and personal stories to create extraordinarily intricate and colourful pieces of wearable art.
30/08/2019
Curator Talk: Gordon Walters
Category: Art, Curator Talks
Lizzie Bisley, Te Papa’s Modern Art Curator, will give a tour of the Gordon Walters retrospective New Vision. This remarkable exhibition, which draws together a comprehensive group of works from across Walters’ career, was developed by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
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