Teaching resources

Bring the national museum into your classroom with our cross-curricular range of educational resources.

• From the Past, for Tomorrow teaching resource
• Surreal activities teaching resource
• He rauemi kaiako: Te waihanga i te apōpō, rū ana, takatū ana
• Teaching resource: First Collisions
• Learn to animate teaching resource: The children of Tangaroa
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Professional development and educator events

Develop your skills and connect with other educators.

Free downloadable activity books

Our activity books are designed for use at home or in the classroom.

• Tuvalu language activity book
• Tokelau language activity book
• Te reo Māori activity book
• Matariki activity book
• The colossal squid activity book
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Self-guided education visits

Use our resources to explore the nation’s stories on a fun, self-guided education visit to Te Papa.

• Kids’ activity trails
• Rongomaraeroa – self-guided education visit
• Te Marae pounamu (greenstone) – self-guided education visit
• Bush City Scavenger Hunt
• Planning a self-guided visit

Learning news and blogs

Read about the most recent happenings in Te Papa's Learning Innovation team.