Join us after hours at Te Manawa and take a whirlwind tour of deduction and creativity! Follow our clues to hidden locations around the museum and take your wildest selfie or family group shot at each spot. Submit your best ones to us and go in the draw to win some cool museum prizes. Children...
We're opening up the Dino Dig for two special expeditions this month, on 19 and 25 January. Come and have a fossick in our excavation areas and you might earn yourself a fossil reward! Our educators will be on-site so it’s a great opportunity to discover more about dinosaurs, fossils, and how one turns into...
Step into the virtual world at Te Manawa! On the weekend of 17 and 18 September, we'll have four virtual reality headsets in the Museum for you to try. Choose your activity from a selection of programs - from action to relaxation - and then spend 15 minutes immersed in a new reality, beamed directly...
Try life drawing with a twist! Instead of a nude model we have the fabulously frocked RubyDax, draped tastefully within the architecturally designed anatomy of Matt Liggins' "Vitruvian Tunnel". Whip out your pencil and scribble up a storm for an afternoon of drag and drawing. Book your spot by calling 0800-4-A-MUSEUM or emailing frontdesk@temanawa.co.nz. $5.00...
Join Jeanette Trotman from the Tapestry Trust of New Zealand for a free public talk about the Trust's goals and its big national project - New Zealand: A History in Stitch. This project aims to produce a series of more than 100 stitched panels depicting the history of Aotearoa New Zealand, to be displayed around...