Past Events
16/02/2020
Tour: Day at Foxton
Category: Tour
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.
12/02/2020
Wonderland Wednesdays: Language & Ideas
05/02/2020
Wonderland Wednesdays: A History of Animation
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?
31/01/2020
Talk: Museum of the Everyday
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Curator Talks, Museology, Talk
At this one off event join Christine in discussion with Bronwyn Labrum, Head of New Zealand and Pacific Cultures at Te Papa, to journey through Christine’s collection, take a look at memorabilia from New Zealand’s golden era and explore ideas of collecting and preserving our nation’s history through two very different perspectives…
23/01/2020
Tour: Pacific Cultures Collection
14/12/2019
History of the Suit
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Culture
For over 400 years the tailored suit has dominated wardrobes the world over. Its seemingly simple form, inspired by royal, military, religious and professional clothing, has provided a functional and often elegant uniform for modern life.
12/12/2019
Collecting & Exhibiting LGBTQI Fashion & Dress
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Culture
Join us for one of our last sessions of the year to celebrate and analyse the history of LGBTQI fashion representation in museums and galleries across the world. Expert Dr Shaun Cole is joining us from the UK to deliver this fascinating talk on the ever evolving world of queer style.
06/12/2019
Preview: Wonderland
Category: Culture, Exhibition Preview, Highlights, History, Preview
Join us for this free and exclusive preview of Wonderland before it opens to the general public. Fall down the rabbit hole into an immersive exhibition celebrating Lewis Carroll’s timeless tale and Alice’s adventures on film.
25/11/2019
Solander, Sparrman, and the Anthropocene
Category: Beyond Te Papa, History, Science
This public lecture presents the fascinating modern idea of “the Environment” – in common usage today a word with a distinct meaning to most of us around the world – and its little known history as a concept that appears in earnest only right after World War II and within a couple of decades reaches global fame and considerable usefulness.
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