• A shiny colourful artwork featuring a metal dinosaur
    Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters

    Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters

    An art exhibition for kids that explores the magical, monstrous and imagined creatures drawn from the depths of Te Papa’s art collection.

    On now
    18 Aug – 4 Nov 2018

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • Installation photograph of the suffrage exhibition
    Doing It for Themselves: Women Fight for Equality

    Doing It for Themselves: Women Fight for Equality

    Women in Aotearoa New Zealand won the right to vote 125 years ago. With this exhibition, we honour women who fought, and continue to fight, for gender equality.

    On now
    On now

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

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    Curious Creatures After Dark: Late Night in Toi Art

    Curious Creatures After Dark: Late Night in Toi Art

    Discover the dark side of ‘Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters’ at a free late-night party just for adults – music, art, dance, alternative tours, food, and drink.

    Sat 27 Oct 2018, 7.00pm–11.00pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

More from Te Papa Ētahi kaupapa anō

  • Kiwi
    Taiao | Nature

    Taiao | Nature

    You’re the explorer in the new Taiao | Nature zone opening in 2019. Old favourites like the colossal squid and the quake house are back, along with new exhibits showcasing New Zealanders' unique connection to nature – and our future as kaitiaki.

    Opening soon
    Coming 2019

    Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

  • Megalodon tooth and great white shark tooth held in hand
    Blog

    Blog

    Discover behind-the-scenes stories from Te Papa’s experts, including curators, scientists, historians, collection managers, and educators.

    Te Papa Blog

  • Toy horse
    Collections Online

    Collections Online

    Browse 800,000 artworks, taonga, photographs, collection objects, and botanical and zoological specimens from Te Papa’s collections.

    Collections Online

  • Equipment Services
    Venues

    Venues

    Situated on Wellington’s waterfront, Te Papa has multiple conference, convention, and meeting spaces. We can offer dedicated Function Coordinators, quality catering, and AV equipment. Weddings and school balls are also available.

Discover the collections Tūhuratia ngā kohinga

  • Photograph of a colossal squid
    Colossal squid

    Colossal squid

    All you’d want to know about the colossal squid. Currently not on display but back in 2019 with the opening of our new nature zone.

  • A man works on one of the giant model's faces.
    Behind the scenes of Gallipoli

    Behind the scenes of Gallipoli

    Watch as Weta Workshop and Te Papa combine the worlds of movies, model-making, and museums to create an exhibition like no other.

  • Autumn Splendour dinner set by Crown Lynn
    Crown Lynn pottery: A Kiwi icon

    Crown Lynn pottery: A Kiwi icon

    A series of articles looking at the social and cultural impact of a one-time 'essential industry' and familiar presence in almost all New Zealand homes.

  • Illustration of a tattooed Māori chief 1784
    Tā moko | Māori tattoos: history, practice, and meanings

    Tā moko | Māori tattoos: history, practice, and meanings

    Discover the history and practice of tā moko, and find out why the lines of a moko carved in skin represent much more than a tattoo.

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    Watch: Angela Singer on her art and taxidermy

    Watch: Angela Singer on her art and taxidermy

    Wellington-based artist Angela Singer discusses her taxidermy artworks and the stories behind them. You can see two of them, ‘Hedge row’ and ‘Nepenthe’, on display in ‘Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters’.

  • Te reo Māori activity book
    Te reo Māori activity book

    Te reo Māori activity book

    Celebrate Māori language by learning Māori words and phrases through simple activities that kids love – word searches, colouring pages, and stories.

    Education resource

  • A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench overlooking Lake Wakatipu, he wears a hat and is reading a book
    Burton Brothers Studio photographs

    Burton Brothers Studio photographs

    Browse through over five thousand historical photographs by Burton Brothers studio. From Dunedin to Samoa,

    Collections Online

  • Siapo mamanu (tapa cloth) from Samoa in a geometric design
    Bark cloth of Polynesian Islands

    Bark cloth of Polynesian Islands

    See over 100 tapa cloth designs from Polynesia on Collections Online.

    Collections Online

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