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Te Papa to display a selection of European art from New Zealand’s collections
Angels and Aristocrats: Early European art in New Zealand public collections, an exhibition of European paintings spanning five centuries from about 1340 to 1830, opens at Te Papa on 20 October 2012....
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Contemporary New Zealand art on display in China
Two weeks ago I was in Shanghai for the opening of the exhibition Meridian Lines: Contemporary Art from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa at the China Art Museum with artist Yuk King Tan and...
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‘Vacant lot of cabbages’ documentation enters Te Papa’s archives
In 1978 contemporary New Zealand artist Barry Thomas undertook a public art project in inner city Wellington. Utilising a vacant lot on the corner of Willis and Manners Streets, the artist and his...
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Two Te Papa exhibitions open at the National Museum of China
Two Te Papa exhibitions open at the National Museum of China Kura Pounamu: Treasured stone of Aotearoa New Zealand Brian Brake: Lens on China and New Zealand 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of...
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Weta Workshop’s Cave Trolls captivate Te Papa
Standing 3.6m tall, these impressive fibreglass troll sculptures were created by the original filmartists at Weta Workshop. William (on the left), Tom (ready to stomp) and Bert, first met their adoring...
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Game Masters – The Forum announced
Game Masters – The Forum taking place on March 4–5th at Te Papa in Wellington, brings together game developers, artists, educators, researchers, and filmmakers. The goal of the forum is to share...
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Do you use Facebook? We need your help!
A group of university students are performing a study involving Te Papa’s social media use and they need your help. They have put this survey together, which will be open until Wednesday 13 February:...
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Ralph Hotere, 1931-2013
Te Papa is deeply saddened by the death yesterday of Ralph Hotere – one of the country’s greatest artists. Our thoughts go out to his family, his friends, and the arts community. Ralph once commented...
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Whales in New York
Te Papa’s exhibition Whales:Giants of the Deep opens at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on Saturday 23 March. This blockbuster exhibition has been seen by over 1 million visitors...
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Hei Tiki journey to the heart of Chinese Jade culture
人形项饰-海蒂基远涉重洋来到中国这个古老的玉文化国度 Te Papa’s exhibition “Kura Pounamu: Treasured Jade Art of Aotearoa New Zealand” opens on 1 April at Liangzhu Museum, Hangzhou, China. Liangzhu Museum is located in the heart...
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What’s going on behind the scenes
There’s been some publicity about Te Papa lately and in particular our commitment to science and the future of the National Collections. Just so we’re all clear, here are the facts. Te Papa’s...
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What’s going on behind the scenes: an update
Science, Library Services and Managing Risk to our Collections You may have seen the story about Te Papa on Campbell Live on Monday night which questioned our commitment to Science, and the future of...
View ArticleHave you ever visited Te Papa? We want to hear from you!
We would like to learn more about the habits of our dear visitors, and need your help to achieve this! If you have ever visited Te Papa, here’s a chance to win 1 in 3 $100 gift vouchers for Te Papa...
View ArticleVisiting curator: Wendy Kaplan from LACMA
Wendy Kaplan is Department Head and Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Wendy is a leading expert on late 19th to mid 20th-century design, and one of...
View ArticleScience Live: Whalebirds – the mystery of the storm riders. Success!
On Tuesday, 22 October 2013 we, the ornithology team at Te Papa, hosted the museum’s second Science Live event- Whalebirds- the mystery of the storm riders. We brought the public into the lab using...
View ArticleThe Berry Girls: Starring Miss Kathleen O’Brien
A few weeks ago we posted a couple of images from our Berry & Co photography collection of women dressed in uniform. Thanks to the power of the internet and the media we have been able to...
View ArticleAlexis Hunter (1948-2014)
Te Papa is saddened to hear about the death of London-based New Zealand artist Alexis Hunter on 24 February 2014. Three years after completing her studies at the Elam School of Fine Arts at the...
View ArticleWe know what you did this summer!!
Bart Cox and Jasmine Gibbins spent their summer researching native orchids at Te Papa. Bart and Jasmine are part of a group of seven students from Victoria University of Wellington that were awarded a...
View ArticleThe ‘Berry Boys’ WWI soldier identification project: the story so far
The Berry Boys soldier identification project has progressed leaps and bounds since 2008, when a group of portraits of unidentified World War I soldiers first featured on Te Papa’s website to mark the...
View ArticleGranddad’s visit
Continuing our series of blogs to mark the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to New Zealand, I thought I would touch on one of the lesser known royal visits of the past, that of William’s...
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