Thursday 8 December 2016, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Friends’ Preview of ‘Bug Lab’ See it first, see it free! See the unbelievable. We bugs are built for success. What would your future look like if you could match our brilliance? Free entry on showing your current membership card
Saturday 10 December 2016, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Fashion in the Museum Soundings Theatre, Level 2 Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand As...one of ‘fashion’s brainiest women’ (The Washington Post), Dr Valerie Steele has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies. She is visiting New Zealand as a keynote speaker for ... $15
Thursday 19 January 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Slice of Heaven: The Curators’ Cut Slice of Heaven: 20th Century Aotearoa is the first big exhibition to close to make way for the current museum renewal project. Join our history curators to farewell the exhibition with an after-hours viewing and talk on the bold ideas that shaped it, favourite objects, and future developments. $20
Tuesday 31 January 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm The Taste of Angels With the establishment of the Royal Manufactory of the Gobelins in Paris in 1662, France replaced Italy as the tastemaker for the decorative arts in Europe. $35
Thursday 2 February 2017, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Catwalk to Cover This exhibition of national and international fashion puts the whole process from 'Catwalk to Cover: a front row seat' under the microscope. You will get an insight into the often chaotic world that makes up the apparently glamorous fashion shows. $35
Thursday 9 February 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Captain Cook’s waistcoats In her lecture Alison Larkin will focus in particular on Elizabeth, wife of Captain James Cook, whose embroidery reflected the travels of her adventurous husband. Elizabeth traced her husband’s voyages in stitch on a map sampler... $15
Thursday 16 February 2017, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Splendour Evening Take a closer look at selected art works from 'European Splendour 1500–1800' with the curators, then join them for an informal discussion and drinks ... $20
Wednesday 22 February 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm The changing place of art at Te Papa Hear Te Papa’s Head of Art Charlotte Davy and Senior Art Curator Sarah Farrar talk about the exciting new plans for art at Te Papa and reflect on the history of the art collection displays at Te Papa since 1998 ... $15
Sunday 26 February 2017, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Garden landscapes with a Gainsborough perspective Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, was an originator of the English landscape painting school. Illustrated by a selection of Gainsborough's paintings, sketches and portraits, garden historian Caroline Holmes will explore his landscape legacy ... $20
Thursday 16 March 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm VUW Art Collection Join Adam Art Gallery curator Stephen Cleland on a tour of the current exhibition Out of Site: Works from the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection. $30. – $39