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High Fashion and High Tea

You are invited to step into the glamorous, if slightly off-kilter world, of Yvonne Todd with Te Papa curator, Claire Regnault. While you are enjoying a glass of bubbly, Claire will take you on a high-fashion journey.

Includes High Tea and free parking. Numbers limited

John Gillow on Textiles from Pakistan

Author, lecturer, traveller and collector, John Gillow has spent more than 40 years travelling the world in pursuit of textiles. A selection of over 50 unique, vintage and collectable textiles from all over Asia and Africa will be on sale at the conclusion of the lecture.

Includes a Espresso Cafe voucher for refreshments and free parking

Christmas Shopping Night

Bring along a friend and enjoy live jazz music, some enticing nibbles from Executive Chef Bernd Lippmann, and a glass of sparkling wine or juice. Plus 20% discount, free gift-wrapping, and prizes...

Free

Friends’ Degustation Dinner 2015 (ii)

As our first dinner on Wednesday 28 January was quickly sold out, we are pleased to offer members another opportunity to enjoy a degustation dinner featuring TerraVin wines.

Friends’ Degustation Dinner 2015 (i)

A popular event in the Friends Programme returns. Executive Chef Bernd Lippmann will create a fabulous menu with each dish matched with a TerraVin wine to complement each course.

$70

Sensational Sculpture on Gibbs Farm

Join the Wellington Sculpture Trust on Fri 13 February for a visit to Gibbs Farm, home to about 25 world-renowned sculptures, spread over a sprawling 400 hectare landscape on the edge of the Kaipara harbour. The timing gives you the opportunity to take in the biennial Sculpture on the Gulf exhibition on Waiheke over the weekend.

$200

Sensational Sculpture at Connells Bay

As part of three days of sculpture, presented by the Friends of Te Papa and the Wellington Sculpture Trust, travel with the Friends of Te Papa to the privately owned Connells Bay Sculpture Park on the east coast of Waiheke Island, with a visit to heritage and conservation park Rotoroa Island.

$150.00

Textile Clinic – February 2015

Not sure how to store or look after your textile treasures and heirlooms? Bring your item to Te Papa and discuss with a textile conservator.

Cash payment on the day

Local gallery tours – March 2015

The first of our local gallery tours is a visit to two of the dealer galleries in Ghuznee Street.

Cash payment on the day

Educating for a creative future

What are the creative benefits of integrating science with art in education? New Zealand film-maker and US film-school chair Bruce Sheridan uses recent research to provide the answer.

Registrations required