Past touring exhibitions 

See below for information about Te Papa exhibitions that are no longer available for touring.
  • RITA ANGUS: Life & Vision

    140 works travelled to be shown in:
    - Dunedin (15/11/08 – 15/02/09)
    - Christchurch (07/03/09 – 05/07/09)
    - Auckland (01/08/09 – 01/11/09).

  • LOTR The Exhibition

    This international touring exhibition has now completed its international tour, having been seen by over 1.3 million people.

  • Jewelled

    Jewelled is a journey through the richness and diversity of Pacific adornment - from Papua New Guinea to the Marquesas Islands, Hawai`i and New Zealand.

  • Body Odyssey

    Where do burps come from? What makes a cut stop bleeding? Hundreds of questions about health are the focus of Body Odyssey.

  • An innovative presentation about New Zealand, created and managed by Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa), toured four cities in China between March and May 2007, going on display in major shopping malls to reach the widest possible audience.

  • On Location with New Zealand Geographic

    On Location presents startling and iconic images from the files of New Zealand Geographic.

  • New Zealand on Ice

    Celebrate 50 years of New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica. Discover the challenges and achievements of the vital scientific exploration carried out in this awe-inspiring and hostile environment.

  • Innocents Abroad - Touring the Pacific through a colonial lens

    This is an extraordinary and unique installation of 67 framed photographic prints and seven large photographic murals of images taken in 1884 by Alfred Burton.