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Friends Programme

Friends Programme

The Friends bring you events related to 5 subject areas and in 4 formats. Making it easier for you to decide what you might enjoy and to keep track of our regular events.

 

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TALKS

Designed to share deep knowledge and expertise from either curators presenting on a specialised subject fitting with the museums programme or sharing knowledge from our external relationships that either are recommended through museum staff. This includes such groups as The Arts Society Wellington and GNS.

When? Generally every month.

 

TOURS

Designed to get you behind the scenes of Te Papa, into the vast and mesmerizing collection stores, and up close and personal with the taonga (treasures) it houses.

When? Generally every month

 

 

 

WORKSHOPS

Designed to get you more hands on in the museum. 3 practical sessions will be held a year covering art, science and museology. These events are exclusive to Friends members.

When? Every quarter.

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

These are our rather special annual events that are exclusive to Friends members. They include a museum introduction evening, a gala event, a quiz night, a Christmas shopping night and regular, free te reo sessions

When? Dotted throughout the year.

 

 

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ART

2019 brings us Terracotta Warriors as the highlight for the year. Art is of course area covering painting, sculpture, textiles, photography and lots more. Toi Art is still fresh so there will be lots of exciting activity here.

 

 

 

SCIENCE

2019 sees the opening of Taiao | Nature and we’ll welcome its arrival with lots of fun and fascinating events to help share this brand new space with you all.

 

 

 

 

HISTORY

We’ll be supporting History through sharing research, books and acquisitions being carried out/cared for by the museum.

 

 

 

 

CULTURE

New Zealand has wonderfully diverse mix of cultures. We want to help celebrate these cultures by highlighting various festivals and commemorations.

 

 

 

 

MUSEOLOGY

We’re having a focus on “the science or practice of organizing, arranging, and managing museums”, as it’s unique to what we do here. We want to share more from behind the scenes of what it means to create exciting and educational exhibitions, care for collection items and research new subjects.

 

 

These are all of our in house events, we will also host previews for major exhibitions, host local gallery tours, day tours to the region, an annual national tour and an annual international tour. Be sure to keep up to date by following us on Facebook and signing up to our newsletter.