Te Papa provides wonderful learning opportunities for visitors of all ages and interests. Here are some of the highlights from our education programmes, events, exhibitions, and tours.
5 July - 5 October
A must-see for all art and art history students. Rita Angus: Life & Vision is an exhibition that documents the art and life of one of New Zealand's most significant and best-loved artists. It features 200 works which reveal the full scope of Angus's painting over four decades.
The education programme developed for this exhibition examines selected works in detail. It also puts the students in the position of art interpreter, getting them to write about the works for an audience of their own age group.
The Rita Angus mini-site supports the exhibition, so students and teachers can re-examine works online. You can also submit your own lables, great as a follow up activity.
Years 1-13, Levels 1-8
The Arts - Visual Art. English.
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Environmental Education Programmes
June 2008 – January 2009
Moving Towards a Balanced Earth: Kick the Carbon Habit is an exhibition of international contemporary art based on world environmental issues. Bring your students to see this exhibition and take part in an environmental education programme.
Choose from 'Our Oceans' or 'Our Forests'. These science-based programmes focus on New Zealand's local and regional environments, and highlight international issues. Your students will be encouraged to become active participants in the natural world's sustainability.
Years 1-10, Levels 1-5
Science.
The Arts – Visual Art.
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Long-term exhibition opening 27 September 2008
The Timewarp has now closed for us to install a spectacular new multimedia and interactive experience. In the meantime, visit www.ourspace.tepapa.com to contribute images and clips and become part of the Our Space community.
The Map
The floor is alive with your footsteps! A 14 metre long satellite map of New Zealand is laid out on the floor. As you walk over the map you will trigger sensors that will project a variety of images onto large display screens. Step onto Wellington and a giant beehive will appear; step onto the Central Plateau and see volcanoes erupting! Great for learning about New Zealand culture, identity and geography.
The Wall
The Wall is a collective and creative space about who we are and what we do. Touch-screens provide access to thousands of digital records from a range of sources including TVNZ archives, Te Papa's own collections, and the community. Display your chosen images on the 18 metre long wall as a mural, visual story or VJ composition. The possibilities for using The Wall are only limited by your imagination!
Simulator Rides
The Deep
A real life scientific adventure ride! Around 80% if New Zealand's territory is underwater. But more people have travelled to the moon than have explored the depths around the Brothers underwater volcano. With renowned scientist and adventurer Dr Cornel de Ronde to guide you, join the hunt for deep-sea black smokers and erupting volcanoes from the safety of our deep-sea vehicle simulator.
The High Ride
Imagine the most exciting clips from The Wall. The thrill of extreme sports, free running, flying foxes. The nostalgia of trundling over cattlestops, sliding down grassy hills. Clips that ride back in time, clips that go all around and under New Zealand. Now imagine that you enter The Wall and live these scenes first-hand - that's the High Ride!
Education Programmes in Our Space
Book in for the 'Disasters' or 'Papatūānuku' education programmes which will be delivered utilising Our Space. For 'Disasters' students will walk on The Map and trigger natural disasters that have occurred in New Zealand, they will investigate specific events and be able to manipulate the images they find to present back to the class.
Years 4-10:Social Studies.
For 'Papatūānuku' students will discover the geological forces that have shaped the country and be able to check out fault lines, volcanoes and the scarring that earthquakes have left upon the land.
Years 3-10:Science.
Self Guided Visits to Our Space
Our Space can be used in a variety of ways by you and your students. Bookings are essential so we can ensure that there is space for your group. Admission charges apply to the rides only.
Exclusive Our Space Teacher Preview
Tuesday 30 September
8.30am - 10.00am
Join the Te Papa Education team for a light breakfast and find out more about the programmes on offer in Our Space.
Be one of the first teachers in New Zealand to experience The Map, The Wall and the simulation rides.
Places are strictly limited, so please RSVP to reservations@tepapa.govt.nz or call our Education Coordinator on (04) 381 7087 by 22 September, 2008.
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Opens 14 February 2009
The TOWER Gallery, Level 4
This is a rare chance to see some of the world’s most famous and best-loved Impressionist paintings, including Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Haystacks, and Meadow with Poplars. Around 30 works by Monet will be displayed alongside Impressionist masterpieces by Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Sisley, Cézanne, and others.
Te Papa is the only New Zealand venue for Monet and the Impressionists.
This exhibition is jointly organised by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, home to one of the world's leading collections of Impressionist art, and the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Admission charges apply for both self-guided and educator led programmes. To book contact our helpful Education Coordinator reservations@tepapa.govt.nz or call (04) 381 7087
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