Exhibitions

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  • Mount Vesuvius

    Visa Platinum Gallery, Level 4

    Unearth the story of daily life in Pompeii in this blockbuster exhibition featuring more than 250 priceless treasures.

  • Model of A Garden

    Sculpture Terrace, Level 6.

    Paul Cullen's project takes the concept of the borrowed view, in which surrounding landscape is incorporated into a garden's design, enhancing the vista and giving a sense that the garden is larger than it is.

  • A loss, again, by Ronnie van Hout

    Sculpture Terrace, Level 6

    Ronnie van Hout continues his work addressing ideas of the ‘self’ – how it is formed, and expressed.

  • Anne Frank

    Te Aka Matua Library Foyer, Level 4

    Anne Frank's tragic story has affected millions of people. See her diary brought to life in this touring exhibition.

  • Hei tiki (pendant in human form), pounamu (nephrite), inanga variety, Arahura River, Westland. Sir Walter Buller Collection.

    Iwi gallery, Level 4

    Pounamu is a stone of exceptional beauty, strength, and spiritual presence. This evocative exhibition explores pounamu’s enduring value.

  • Judy Millar, Giraffe-Bottle-Gun, 2009

    Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation, Level 5.

    Te Papa brings you fresh and exciting artworks direct from the prestigious Venice Biennale 2009. Judy Millar's Giraffe-Bottle-Gun and Francis Upritchard's Save Yourself are powerful new works by two of New Zealand’s finest contemporary artists.

  • NZ Fossils Dead Precious

    Level 2 outside Awesome Forces

    These 50 fossils, including two giant ones, are like time capsules, showing our rich and diverse past.

  • Precious metals exhibition

    Level 6

    A toast rack made of boar tusks? From the bizarre to the beautiful, from raw metal to treasured possessions, Precious Metals reveals New Zealand’s gold and silver treasures and their fascinating stories.

  • WideShut, courtesy of Uwe Rieger.

    Level 4

    Architects, engineers and designers are all looking for ways to save energy and make buildings more sustainable.

  • Tapa Pacific Style

    Eyelights, Level 4

    This exhibition celebrates the fine workmanship and beautiful decoration of tapa (bark cloth) from many islands.

  • From the Caminidole Convent, near Naples, 1820s, William Brockedon, England.

    The Ilott Room, Level 4

    This small exhibition of watercolours and prints presents a visual record of European journeys made by eighteenth and nineteenth century British artists.