Photograph of the inside of the Bug Lab exhibition

Touring exhibitionsNgā whakaaturanga poi haere

Is your museum or gallery interested in hosting one of Te Papa’s touring exhibitions? Consult our tour schedules for availability and contact us for more information.

Enquiries: touringexhibitions@tepapa.govt.nz

Clever Crustaceans

Combining the expertise of scientists from NIWA and Te Papa, our latest touring exhibition invites the public to meet Aotearoa New Zealand’s most famous crustaceans!

Three men with tattoos in a room. Two of the men are sitting on the floor, one is standing with his back to the camera

Tatau: Sāmoan Tattooing and Photography

This exhibition presents the work of four photographers who capture the dynamic practice of contemporary Sāmoan tatau (tattooing) over the last 40 years.

Rita Angus, Cleopatra, 1938, oil on canvas. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds © Reproduced courtesy of the Estate of Rita Angus. Te Papa (1998-0028-2)

Touring exhbition: Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist

Rita Angus created a distinctive vision of a new, modern New Zealand. This exhibition brings together a rich collection of 20 of her oil paintings.

Three people looking at jars of creatures in a museum

Colossal Squid: Freaky Features!

Because they live at extreme depths in freezing water, us humans know very little about the colossal squid’s life, they are very rarely captured or seen. Find out about different parts of the colossal squid using Interactive objects and rotating models.

Bug Lab

Te Papa and Weta Workshop bring you a science exhibition like no other – a spectacular, immersive experience ‘designed by bugs, for humans’.

Two men holding bunches of bananas balanced on their shoulders pose for a photo

Faka-Tokelau: Living with Change

Explore Tokelau’s unique way of life, faka-Tokelau, through the lenses of two New Zealand photographers. Glenn Jowitt visited in 1981, Andrew Matautia 36 years later, in 2017.

Touring exhibition – Kura Pounamu: Our treasured Stone

An exhibition created by Te Papa working closely with Ngāi Tahu, featuring more than 200 pounamu taonga.

Kāpiti Island. Photograph by Norm Heke. Te Papa

Whiti Te Rā! The story of Ngāti Toa Rangatira

Featuring unique taonga, the exhibition explores the successes, dramatic setbacks, and extraordinary resurgence of Ngāti Toa Rangatira, starting from Te Heke Mai Raro (the Southern Migration) 200 years ago when Te Rauparaha lead the iwi to the Wellington region.

North Island kokako, 1865 -1885, New Zealand, by John Buchanan