Past Events
13/07/2019
Beyond Te Papa: Phoenicians & Mosaics
Category: Art, Beyond Te Papa, Culture, History
Spend an afternoon with Tony O’Connor, a specialist in the Roman Empire, who has excavated widely across Britain, Italy and North Africa. He has a particular interest in Roman North Africa, having excavated in Libya for many years. We are lucky enough to have Tony share 2 talks with us in the afternoon in quite different subjects.
05/07/2019
Tour: Danielle Creenaune at Solander Gallery
Category: Art, Beyond Te Papa, Exhibition Preview
Join us on our exclusive visit to Solander Gallery to meet award-winning artist Danielle Creenaune and learn more about her unique print making technique called Mokulito.
27/06/2019
Friends Takeover: Access All Areas
We are thrilled to bring you, for the first time ever, the Te Papa Friends Takeover, in which we the Friends of Te Papa have the whole museum to themselves to stay up late at our place for one night only, along with a host of talks, tours, discounts, live music and chances to contribute to the future of the museum.
18/06/2019
Annual General Meeting 2019
17/06/2019
Tour: Parliament’s Art Collection
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.
13/06/2019
Double Preview: Gordon Walters – New Vision & The New Photography – Life in the 60s and 70s
Category: Art, Exhibition Preview, Highlights
Preview these 2 new exhibitions for free before they open to the public on Saturday 15 June. Enjoy time to wander through the classic work of the influential Gordon Walters and take a new perspective of New Zealand in the 60s and 70s with a group who worked in new styles
04/06/2019
Curator Talk: Queen Victoria revealed; a 200th birthday celebration
Category: Curator Talks, History
Mark Stocker, Curator Art at Te Papa, has an interest in this iconic sovereign and woman that dates back several decades. We think we know all about her, right? Not really – probably far less than we think.
30/05/2019
Book Launch: 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa
Category: Book Launches, Science
Open to friends members only, join us to celebrate the launch of this book to coincide with opening of Te Papa’s new permanent Natural History galleries Te Taiao | Nature. We’ll hear from a variety of speakers involved in the book’s creation, what their role in bringing it together was and what their favourite object out of the 100 presented is.
29/05/2019
Tour: Millers O’Brien Gallery Visit
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.
23/05/2019
How to… Honour the Past to Enrich the Future
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