Find out how the conservation team cares for the many collections and thousands of treasures held at Te Papa.
Te Papa has a Collection Development Policy, which provides the overarching policy and guiding principles for collection development.
Explore here some of the history behind Te Papa’s Māori, Pacific, Art and Visual Culture, History, and Natural History Collections.
Find out about the various ways that members of the public can access Te Papa’s collections and archives.
Te Papa's responsibilities for the management of the national collections are set out in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992.
Te Papa is committed to lending its collection items to non-profit organisations for public exhibition or to approved institutions for research purposes.
Our address and contact details.
Every year staff at Te Papa field thousands of questions on everything from art to zoology and are asked to identify a bewildering array of objects and natural history specimens. This page tells you how to get the answers you need.
Explore the depth and diversity of our collections.
Check out the research projects across Te Papa's many disciplines.
Find out about New Zealand spiders.
Conservation uncovered some of its remarkable history.
