Past Events
25/07/2021
Talk: Lord Rutherford, Russian Physics and the Human Element
Category: Beyond Te Papa, History, Science, Talk
Lord Rutherford is almost a household name in New Zealand. This talk will present one of the world’s greatest scientists and most outstanding New Zealanders, “the founder of nuclear physics”, through Russian eyes.
18/07/2021
Day trip: Dutch and local heritage in Foxton
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Tour, Travel
Don’t miss your chance to have a hassle free day out with your friends, and beat those mid-winter blues! We know that you love a jaunt out of town so join us when we visit art from Te Papa at Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom
15/07/2021
Workshop: Augmented Reality Sandbox
Category: Beyond Te Papa, Geology, Natural Environment, Science, Workshop
Get hands on to make mountains, rain, lakes, lahars, tsunami – like sandcastles but better!
08/07/2021
Talk: Digitising Te Papa’s Collection II
Category: Back of House tour, Talk
Join the Manager of Collection Imaging Michael O’Neill to see lots of beautiful images plus get an overview of the day to day workflow of a Te Papa photographer plus an insight into some of the more challenging objects
08/07/2021
Hīnātore | Papa Ako: A new approach to museum learning II
Category: Back of House tour
Join Te Papa’s Education Specialists and have a go at a hands-on experience based on their ‘Gallipoli Perspectives’ programme where you will utilise 3D scanners in groups after viewing one of the larger than life figures in the exhibition
08/07/2021
Tour: Botany Collection II
Category: Back of House tour
Go behind the scenes in the museum to experience Te Papa’s herbarium of botanical treasures up close. It is one of Te Papa’s biggest collections, with some 300,000 lots. We’ll look at the diversity of plants included
08/07/2021
Art Tour: Pictures of people and Decorative Arts II
Category: Art, Back of House tour
Do we value portraits for who they picture, or because of who painted them? How did collecting occur and why?
08/07/2021
Back of House: Preserving the Well Preserved and the Unpreservable II
Category: Back of House tour
Discover the technologies used by conservators to care for our precious collections with Textiles Conservator Nirmala Balram and Paintings Conservator Linda Waters.
08/07/2021
Talk: Digitising Te Papa’s Collection
Category: Talk, Te Papa collections
Join the Manager of Collection Imaging Michael O’Neill to see lots of beautiful images plus get an overview of the day to day workflow of a Te Papa photographer plus an insight into some of the more challenging objects
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