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A Good Address

David Maskill, Senior Lecturer in Art History, Victoria University of Wellington, looks in detail at the tradition of granting lodgings in the Louvre to favoured artists and and focuses on the lodgings of the 18th-century court portrait-painter Louis Tocqué.

$20.

Inside the Old Public Trust building

This is a rare chance to go inside the Old Public Trust Building which is currently undergoing a significant seismic upgrade.

$12.00

Inside the Old Public Trust building (ii)

This is a rare chance to go inside the Old Public Trust Building which is currently undergoing a significant seismic upgrade.

$12.00

A Journey through the Imperial Wardrobe

During the Qing dynasty the ruling Manchu elite formalised a strict standard of court dress. In this lecture David Rosier tells us how and why, with illustrations from a personal collection of some 700 Imperial-related textiles, insignia of rank and dress accessories.

$10.00 – $20.00

Some Capital Characters

Join Curator David Colquhoun in a tour of an exhibition that will ensure you leave knowing a lot more about Wellington’s lively history.

$10.00 – $15.00

The enigmatic Helen Hitchings

Who was this young visionary who brought together the best of art and design in Wellington?

$20

Karl Maughan’s gardens

Hear Karl Maughan talk about his new paintings in an exhibition titled 'Wellington', and find out why he has no immediate plans to abandon his gardens...

$10

Why breed slowly and live long?

Why does the Westland Petrel breed slowly and live long? What secrets are uncovered when you analyse ancient DNA from the museum's collections? How and why did a crab eater seal from Antarctica end up in Island Bay?

$15

Forget-me-nots, spiders and fabulous photography

Forget-me-nots: how many New Zealand species are there and how do they relate to each other? The fascination of New Zealand spiders and the challenges of natural history photography...

$15

Precious feathers

You will hear the inside stories on what surprises were found in a kahu kiwi, how the Banks and Solander florilegium is still a benchmark for understanding NZ flora, and how and why land crustaceans copy hermit crabs.

$15