HQ Holden, 1991, by Jeff Thomson. Purchased 1996 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (1996-0005-1)

Past exhibitions
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Past exhibitions Ngā whakaaturanga o mua

Look at exhibitions presented at Te Papa, going back to 1998.

  • Simon Denny in the exhibition Secret Power
    2017 past exhibitions

    2017 past exhibitions

    Information about exhibitions that opened, and long-running exhibitions that closed, in 2017.

  • Women’s Social and Political Union Medal for Valour
    2016 past exhibitions

    2016 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2016.

  • Contraception: Uncovering the collection of Dame Margaret Sparrow, 2015. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa
    2015 past exhibitions

    2015 past exhibitions

    Information about Te Papa’s past exhibitions that opened in 2015. Including, DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition, Contraception: Uncovering the collection of Dame Margaret Sparrow and The Canterbury earthquakes.

  • Shrek the Sheep
    2014 past exhibitions

    2014 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2014 – from The Berry Boys: Naming the Kiwi faces of World War I to Kāhui Raranga: The art of tukutuku.

  • WOW exhibition, 2013. Te Papa
    2013 past exhibitions

    2013 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2013 – from Chairman Mao’s Cloak to Aztecs: Conquest and glory .

  • Atareta Sciascia wearing kahu kuri. Te Papa
    2012 past exhibitions

    2012 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2012 – from Buller's Birds: The art of Keulemans and Buchanan to Uniformity: Cracking the code.

  • Thousand-leaved fern, Hypolepis millefolium Hook., collected 1888, New Zealand. Gift of The University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1967. Te Papa (P020070/J)
    2011 past exhibitions

    2011 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2011 – from Tai Timu, Tai Pari, Tainui: Journey of a people to Collecting Contemporary.

  • Cape, 1920s-1930s, maker unknown. Acquired 1985. CC BY-NC-ND licence. Te Papa (PC003392)
    2010 past exhibitions

    2010 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2010 – from Brian Brake: Lens on the world to The Lure of Italy: Continental travel pictures from 1775 to 1840.

  • The giant stride, 1933, by Ethel Spowers. Gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953. Te Papa (1953-0003-325)
    2009 past exhibitions

    2009 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2009 – from Monet and the Impressionists to Kura Pounamu: Treasured stone of Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Oddooki, 2008, Auckland, by Seung Yul Oh. Purchased 2009. Te Papa (2009-0025-1/1 to 5)
    2008 past exhibitions

    2008 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2008 – from We are unsuitable for framing to Oddooki.

  • Whales
    2007 past exhibitions

    2007 past exhibitions

    Information about Te Papa’s past exhibitions that opened in 2007 – from The Scots in New Zealand to Whales | Tohorā.

  • Bacchanal with a wine vat., circa 1475, Mantua, by Andrea Mantegna. Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869. Te Papa (1869-0001-308)
    2006 past exhibitions

    2006 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2006 – from Egypt: Beyond the tomb to Annie Bonza: Fashion explosion.

  • Poster, ’The Air Force Needs Men!’, Early 1941, Wellington, by Claude Wade, Wilson & Horton Ltd. Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967. Te Papa (GH014039)
    2005 past exhibitions

    2005 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2005 – from The Genetic Revolution to Stamped: Celebrating New Zealand’s postal history.

  • Out on the Street exhibition, 2004. Photograph by Michael Hall. Te Papa
    2004 past exhibitions

    2004 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2004 – from Out on the Street: New Zealand in the 1970s to Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation.

  • Painted shell, Hawaii, maker unknown. Gift of Erskine College, 1986. Te Papa (FE008659)
    2003 past exhibitions

    2003 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened in 2003 – from Signs and Wonders | He Tohu He Ohorere to Wild Design.

  • Henry Moore exhibition. Te Papa
    1998-2002 past exhibitions

    1998-2002 past exhibitions

    Past exhibitions that opened between 1998 and 2002 – from Tūhoe: Children of the mist to The Time Warp.