11:00 am - 12:00 pm Gallery Visit: Candy Coated Curator’s Talk Friday 2 July 2021, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Gallery Visit: Candy Coated Curator’s Talk From skull lollipops to disaster-inflected dessert commercials this exhibition features a fascinating pick ‘n mix of artworks $15.00
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Friends Takeover Night 2021 Thursday 8 July 2021, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Friends Takeover Night 2021 A night where Friends of Te Papa get the whole museum to themselves. Go behind-the-scenes, hear from our experts, listen to live music, shop, eat and drink, and experience the museum like no-one else. Free – $25.00
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm Art Tour: Pictures of people and Decorative Arts Thursday 8 July 2021, 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm Art Tour: Pictures of people and Decorative Arts Do we value portraits for who they picture, or because of who painted them? How did collecting occur and why? $20.00
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Back of House: Preserving the Well Preserved and the Unpreservable Thursday 8 July 2021, 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Back of House: Preserving the Well Preserved and the Unpreservable Discover the technologies used by conservators to care for our precious collections with Textiles Conservator Nirmala Balram and Paintings Conservator Linda Waters. $12.00
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Workshop: Augmented Reality Sandbox Thursday 15 July 2021, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Workshop: Augmented Reality Sandbox Get hands on to make mountains, rain, lakes, lahars, tsunami - like sandcastles but better! Free
8:30 am - 5:45 pm Day trip: Dutch and local heritage in Foxton Sunday 18 July 2021, 8:30 am - 5:45 pm Day trip: Dutch and local heritage in Foxton Don't miss your chance to have a hassle free day out with your friends, and beat those mid-winter blues! We know that you love a jaunt out of town so join us when we visit art from Te Papa at Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom $100.00
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Talk: Lord Rutherford, Russian Physics and the Human Element Sunday 25 July 2021, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Talk: Lord Rutherford, Russian Physics and the Human Element Lord Rutherford is almost a household name in New Zealand. This talk will present one of the world’s greatest scientists and most outstanding New Zealanders, “the founder of nuclear physics", through Russian eyes. $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 8 July 2021, 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Back of House: Preserving the Well Preserved and the Unpreservable