2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Beyond Te Papa: Bitten by Witch Fever Saturday 26 January 2019, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Beyond Te Papa: Bitten by Witch Fever Kicking off 2019 with a bang, author and broadcaster Lucinda Hawksley joins us from the UK to talk about how death by arsenic became a constant topic in Victorian newspapers. Had you lived in the 19th-century, your home would have been fraught with arsenical dangers: from the wallpaper that hung in your bedroom, the lampshades used to cover your reading lights, and the clothes worn by you and your children, to the food served at your dinner parties $20.00 – $25.00
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Curator Talk: Co-Curating the Pacific Tuesday 29 January 2019, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Curator Talk: Co-Curating the Pacific At this session we'll hear from 2 of Te Papa's curators about new collaborative methods of acquiring items for the national collection and curating communities histories. Sean Mallon will give us an overview on a few projects the Pacific Cultures team have been undertaking and Claire Regnault will take us on a deep dive into collecting aloha shirts from Hawai'i. $10.00 – $15.00