Welcome Back to Toi Art!

Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

As a celebration of the reopening of Te Papa we would like to welcome a small group of Friends to view 2 exhibitions in Toi Art on guided tours with our curators that you may not have got the chance to see before lockdown.

$15.00 – $25.00

Talk: Still Lives – A Memoir of Gaza

Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington

Four years, two wars, and one very unlikely female-led social enterprise. Marilyn Garson was an experienced aid professional who created jobs at the edge of war. Join us to hear her, and her Gazan colleagues, story, overturning much of what you might think about conflict and aid, about Palestine and justice.

$20.00 – $30.00

Tour: Botany Behind the Scenes (iii)

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Get 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. 

$30.00

Tour: Botany Behind the Scenes (i)

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Get 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. 

$30.00

Tour: Botany Behind the Scenes (ii)

Te Papa. Meet at the Information Desk on Level 2 55 Cable Street, Wellington

Get 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. 

$30.00

Annual General Meeting 2020

Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Inc will be held 28 July 2020 at 6pm, Te Papa.

Free

Toi Talk: McCahon

Toi Art, Level 5, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

From his early religious paintings to the huge canvasses of the 1970s, this talk will look in depth at a group of Colin McCahon’s paintings that are currently on display in the Toi Art galleries.

$15.00 – $25.00

Christina Pataialii – Home by Dark

Peter McLeavey Gallery 147 Cuba Street, Wellington

Join our gallery visit to McLeavey Gallery to view 'Home by Dark', and hear Gallery Manager, Grace Ridley-Smith introduce the work of Christina Pataialii, one of New Zealand’s most exciting, young artists.  Her bold, expressive paintings are alive with movement, colour and a sense of immediacy.

$20.00 – $25.00

Friends Preview – Modern Living: Design in 1950s New Zealand

Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

The Friends are delighted to invite you to a preview afternoon of the new exhibition Modern Living: Design in 1950s New Zealand before it opens to the general public on 22 August.

Free

Floortalk – Modern Living: Design in 1950s New Zealand

Toi Art, Level 4, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand

The Friends have the unique opportunity to be shown around the new exhibition Modern Living: Design in 1950s New Zealand by Curator Justine Olsen.

$15.00 – $25.00