Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa

Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand

International visitor tickets

Pacific Store tour 02, 2015. Photographer Michael Hall, ©Te Papa

Research visits and collections access

Te Aka Matua Research Library. Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Research library and reading rooms

Discover our extensive library collection, available to view by appointment at our reading rooms.

Manu from Playschool. Cable Street Open Day, 2015. Photograph by Michael Hall. Te Papa

Accessing the collections and archives

Go beyond our exhibitions to discover more of the collections and archives.

Lara Shepherd extracting Phar Lap's DNA, 2014. Photograph by Jean-Claude Stahl. Te Papa

DNA sampling requests

Apply for a tissue sample from our Natural History Collection.