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Education visits Ngā toronga ako

Led by our knowledgeable and friendly education team, we offer education visits from ECE through to tertiary.

Contact us at: learning@tepapa.govt.nz

Please read our education visit terms and conditions before booking.

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  • A group of young students work on a laptop

    Digital Creator

    Primary, Secondary

    Be inspired by the museum and use digital tools to collaboratively design your own artworks and creations.

    Education visit

  • Boy using computer

    Planning an education visit

    All the information you need to organise your school visit to Te Papa, including costs, times, supervision, and lunch spots.

    Education visit

  • Visitors by the Earthquake House

    Active Earth

    Primary, Secondary

    Delve into the inner workings of our amazing planet – from the inner core to earthquakes and volcanoes at the surface.

    Education visit

  • A promotional photo of a small boy looking into the mouth of a giant dinosaur fossil. The background is red.

    Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia

    Early childhood, Primary, Secondary

    Experience the incredible Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia with your students – only in Term 1, 2024.

    Education visit

  • Te Tiriti o Waitangi: Our Treaty

    Primary, Secondary

    Explore the history and context around the signing of te Tiriti o Waitangi and why it is still important today.

    Education visit

  • [Detail] ’Matariki Caper’ woven garment, 2006, New Zealand, by Kohai Grace. Purchased 2008. Te Papa (ME023998)

    Māori Arts

    Primary

    Explore the diverse Māori arts and create an artwork inspired by what you’ve seen.

    Education visit

  • Kids using technology surrounded my screens with scenes of nature

    Te Taiao: Deus Ex Machina

    Primary, Secondary

    Combining our Te Taiao | Nature exhibition, design thinking, and digital technologies, imagine inventions that will help secure a better future for our endemic species.

    Education visit

  • Children touching models of kiwi feet

    Te Taiao Explorer

    Early childhood, Primary, Secondary

    Explore the new Te Taiao | Nature exhibition and make discoveries about Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique wildlife.

    Education visit

  • Young children using a magnifying glass to look at bugs

    Bush, Bugs, and Bones

    Early childhood

    Explore our living and growing exhibition in Bush City. Discover how bugs and bones can help us learn about our natural environment.

    Education visit

  • A man holds films a museum display on his phone, he's wearing headphones

    Virtual Explorer: live-stream programmes

    Primary, Secondary

    Get Te Papa in your classroom in real-time, no matter where you are via Zoom. Book a personalised virtual visit with one of our educators. It’s the next best thing to being here.

    Education visit

  • School group in Mountains to Sea. Photograph by Michael Hall. Te Papa

    Custom education visit

    Early childhood, Primary, Secondary

    Te Papa Learning is happy to discuss and arrange a bespoke or custom learning programme to support your learning focus and goals.

    Education visit

  • Children interact with a double-hulled waka (canoe) on a grassed area

    Te Paewai | The Horizon: Pacific Navigation and Voyaging

    Primary, Secondary

    Learn the basic skills used to navigate the seas and come with us to sail the tides of knowledge.

    Education visit

  • Trunk, circa 1900, China, maker unknown. Gift of Mr Bing Wong, 1995. CC BY-NC-ND licence. Te Papa (GH004850/2)

    Arrivals

    Primary, Secondary

    Discover the intrepid travellers who journeyed to Aotearoa and made this country their home.

    Education visit

  • A child look at the food soldiers would have eaten at Gallipoli

    Gallipoli: The Scale of our War

    Primary, Secondary

    Explore our exhibition Gallipoli: The Scale of our War and the stories of those who witnessed the campaign from the front lines.

    Education visit

  • Ngatu (tapa cloth)

    Pacific Arts | Toi Moana

    Primary

    Explore a variety of Pacific arts and create artwork inspired by what you’ve experienced and observed.

    Education visit

  • Digital vaka (canoe) displayed on top of a table via a screen

    Pacific Explorers

    Primary, Secondary

    Investigate Pacific migration, navigation, and voyaging vessels by exploring our Pacific exhibitions. Get hands-on by trying virtual reality and 3D modelling.

    Education visit

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    Adornment, Portraits, Identity

    Secondary

    Explore identity through adornment and portraits – and create a digital collage to express your own identity.

    Education visit

  • Children look at moa egg

    Explore Te Papa

    Primary, Secondary

    Join us for an exciting, interactive journey of discovery through New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa.

    Education visit

  • Kids creating a 3d scan outside of the Gallipoli exhibition

    Gallipoli Perspectives

    Primary, Secondary

    Explore Te Papa’s stunning exhibition, Gallipoli: The scale of our war and use digital technologies to create and share your own perspectives on Gallipoli.

    Education visit

  • Two women stand in front of Rebecca Baumann’s Automated colour field (Variation 8)

    Talking Pictures

    Primary, Secondary

    Take an interactive journey of discovery through the Toi Art exhibition spaces at Te Papa.

    Education visit