Past Events
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
21/05/2019
Beyond Te Papa: The Give & Take of Biodiversity
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Science
How and why has this life developed? What were the great explosions of biodiversity that launched the living world? And what are the Earth-crunching crises that nearly ended it all? Palaeontologists from Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science will explore these questions, whilst looking at our own stunning fossil record found on the wobbly nugget of rock known as Aotearoa that sits atop the drowned continent of Zealandia.
18/05/2019
Workshop: Sustainable Beeswax Wraps
Everyday, small actions can make a big difference to the impact we have on our environment. Te Taiao | Nature celebrates our unique environment and asks us to think more about what actions we can take to create a positive impact. We at the Friends agree with these principles and so have teamed up with the Sustainability Trust to bring Friends members a workshop to create your own beeswax wraps.
12/05/2019
Romans and Romantics: The Guildhall Art Gallery
Category: Beyond Te Papa
In association with The Arts Society Wellington we bring you the second of our 2 collaborations of 2019 looking at Guildhall and Guildhall Art Gallery; the hidden gems in the heart of London’s square mile.
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