Museum curators have to think carefully about items for a collection. In doing so they collect items which have ‘weight’. T
President’s Column: October 2021
President’s Column: September 2021
Research is integral to the way museums operate. Each item in a collection is there with background research behind it so that the item can be a source of increased…
President’s Column: August 2021
What being in lockdown in whatever level has shown us is how important the arts are to us. We can do without quite a lot. A walk is important but,…
President’s Column – July 2021
Behind every art work hanging in a gallery or museum is a story, not just of the work’s provenance as such, but of exactly who it was that owned it…
President’s Column – June 2021
As a national museum can’t do everything New Zealand is lucky in having many museums. Any idea how many?
President’s Column – May 2021
Does Te Papa have a place in preserving the ‘how to’s’ such as waka building, traditional Maori carving, and how to play knucklebones? Should Te Papa keep such ‘how to’…
President’s Column – April 2021
Open-air museums - what does one do for a whole town?
President’s Column – March 2021
What stories should a museum tell?
President’s Column: February 2021
We are Friends of Te Papa which means we are friends of a building as well as what is in it and what goes on within it. Coming in to…
President’s Column: December 2020
This being the beginning of December and so the last President’s column for the eventful year of 2020, I wish you all and all your whanau very best wishes for…