Come and explore the many faces and expressions found in our SCREECH! exhibition. Afterwards head upstairs to our art studio to have a go at making your own clay face.

Our foyer is the perfect place to test flying creations! Join us in the foyer to make your own straw rockets, paper planes, and rotocopters.

Join our education team for our air lab science show, first at 10:30 am and then at 12:00pm. While you wait have a go using one of our rocket balloons.

Create and decorate your very own wind wand then head into gust, the rainbow wind tunnel in our atrium. Watch as your wand dances and moves in the breeze.

Get hands-on with the science of air! Drop in to explore experiments and challenges inspired by Air Playground. Discover how air can move, lift, spin, push and surprise us.

Weave a star with Harakeke, make a star with willow.

Lets go lightly on papatuanuku! Learn two different textile based techniques to reuse and repair materials to give them a second life and save them from the landfill. We will be learning Japanese boro to repair clothes and rag rug making!

How did children entertain themselves before the internet, before TV, before electricity? Visit Tōtaranui and discover some rainy-day activities then head into the museum and explore our collection of Toys and Games from 1900.

This weekend we will be celebrating the rising of Puanga and Matariki, one of the many tohu that marks our changing seasons. The Puawananga flower is another marker of seasonal change appearing in our gardens and native bush as winter comes to a close signaling the arrival of spring. Join us to create your own paper puawananga garland to welcome the approaching spring.