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Geological highlights of Wellington

The event is now fully booked. If you are coming, please meet at Te Papa on Friday 24th March in time for a 9:30am departure by bus. The 4-5 hour tour will include a stop for refreshments...

$40

Needlework from Te Papa’s collection

Join Claire Regnault, Senior Curator of History, for an exploration of embroidery and stitch work in Te Papa’s collection ... a rich source of inspiration for students and contemporary textile practitioners ...

$15

East Harbour Geology Day Trip

Hamish Campbell leads this excursion to the Parangarahu Lakes Reserve and Pencarrow Lighthouse on the south east coast. There are two important privileges that

$25

Cultural heritage in the age of experience

An internationally renowned academic who started her career in the field of maritime archaeology, Professor Kenderdine is at the forefront of new methods of digitally capturing and publicly exhibiting built and cultural heritage through interactive augmented reality in libraries, art galleries and museums all around the world ...

$15 – $30.

Cubist art at Pataka

Travel by bus to Pataka and join exhibition curator Julia Waite from the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, for a tour of Freedom and Structure, an exhibition featuring Cubism influenced New Zealand art.

$30

The Irish Arts and Crafts Movement

The Irish Arts and Crafts movement initially emerged under Morris’s influence but like other small nations on Europe’s peripheries (such as Poland, Hungary or Finland) Ireland’s struggle for self-determination, and ultimately modernization, was ...

$25

Exoticism in Fashion

This illustrated talk explores the taste for the romance of exoticism and how it continues to influence fashion today, exploring how the quest for novelty and lure of exoticism can create ...

$15 – $20

Behind the scenes at the Royal Academy

Like Te Papa, the Royal Academy of Arts in London is currently in a dynamic phase, undergoing transformation in time for their 250th birthday in 2018. Hear Andrea Tarsia, Head of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy, talk about this amazing institution.

Members only. Free to attend.

The Art of Travel

Come on a visual tour of the East as seen through Western eyes. The tour begins in the Age of Exploration and continues with the opening up of the Spice Trade and the spread of Christianity, all illustrated with paintings, prints and photographs of the time ...

$20

Raewyn Atkinson – studio tour

This is an opportunity to meet Raewyn Atkinson in her Brooklyn studio where Raewyn’s award winning skills with ceramics will be evident. Raewyn’s work is held in many private and public collections, including Te Papa …

$15