History Inside Gallipoli: talks, tours, and teas 08/08/2017 0 Discover more of the exhibition 'Gallipoli: The scale of our war' in this special series of three lectures and tours, and enjoy a Devonshire tea afterwards. READ MORE
Archive History Woburn Abbey talk cancelled 19/08/2016 0 We regret to advise that the lecture that was to be presented in association with the Wellington Decorative and Fine Arts Society on Sunday 13 November has been cancelled due to… READ MORE
Archive History Everyday NZ in the 1950s and 1960s 15/05/2016 0 There are various ways of thinking about the 1950s – that it was dull, grey and conformist; that it is a source of ‘retro cool’ items, and Modernist art and… READ MORE
Archive History Symbols of rank and status 24/07/2015 0 In his July lecture David Rosier illustrated how highly decorative and expertly created costumes and embroideries were used to denote rank and status at the Chinese Imperial Court. READ MORE
Archive History Strengthening our heritage 24/07/2015 0 One weekend in July, led by Maurice Clark of McKee Fehl, two groups of Friends clambered up three storeys of scaffolding and inside the Old Public Trust Building to see… READ MORE
Archive History First World War Centenary 30/07/2014 0 An evening with Sir Hew Strachan, Britain’s leading First World War historian Monday 25 August, 6pm – 7pm, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, free entry In New Zealand, as elsewhere in the world,… READ MORE
Archive History The Motunui Panels 09/07/2014 0 In 1984 the panels were described by Dr John Yaldwyn, the then director of the Dominion Museum as “the single most exciting unit of the now extinct Taranaki carving style”… READ MORE
Archive History Silk’s Long Journey 09/07/2014 0 Humans have domesticated only two insects: the bee and the silk worm. The story goes that one day, when a young Chinese princess was drinking tea under a mulberry tree,… READ MORE
Archive History Silk’s Long Journey… 09/07/2014 0 There was a great turnout of Friends to hear Thelma Whiston’s talk: Silken Threads. The talk gave a rich insight into the history of silk and sericulture from the time… READ MORE
Archive History Holding on to Home 28/05/2014 0 Collections from museums, libraries and archives lie at the heart of a new perspective on a very well-known event. Holding on to Home investigates the importance of things in maintaining… READ MORE