Six Extinctions
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandExperience Six Extinctions this Summer, a fun-filled, educational exhibition the whole family will love
Free
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Exhibitions
Tree Decoration & Karaoke
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandMake your own Christmas tree decorations and sing Karaoke.
Tree Decoration & Karaoke
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandMake your own Christmas tree decorations and sing Karaoke.
Rita Angus Curator Floor Talk
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandJoin Lizzie Bisley, Te Papa’s curator of modern art, for a tour through Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist. In her floor talk Lizzie will introduce the work and biography of this important New Zealand artist.
We Come From The Earth
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandBringing together natural materials alongside painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics and weaving, We come from the Earth explores our relationship with the environment with works from the Te Manawa collection.
FREE
Curator Floor Talk: We Come From the Earth
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandA curator’s tour by Sian van Dyk on the exhibition We Come From the Earth, which considers how work from the Te Manawa collection made in the late 20th century still resonates with environmental concerns today.
FREE
Floor Talk with Richard Thompson, Director of International Art Centre
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandIn this unique evening, Richard Thomson, Director of International Art Centre, will talk about the New Zealand Art Market. You are invited to bring in artworks for an appraisal with Richard as well as listen to a floor talk on the Paul Dibble: Continuum Exhibition.
$10
Boro – timeworn textiles of Japan
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandArtist and teacher Pip Steel has gathered a significant collection of old Japanese rural everyday workwear and household textiles, known today as boro.
FREE
Bronz.Place.Belonging. Curator Floor Talk
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandJoin Sian van Dyk for a floor tour and talk on Paul Dibble: Continuum, looking at Dibble’s notion of place and belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand.
FREE
Artist Talk: the art of Boro textiles
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandIn this artist talk, Pip Steel will trace the beginnings of her fascination with Boro textiles timeworn cloths and delve into the ‘hows’ and the ‘whys’ of their existence.
FREE
Te Whare Pora: a sacred space
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandTe Whare Pora: a sacred space presents works by artist Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa of Ngāti Porou (Aotearoa New Zealand) from the past three years. The exhibition is centered around the core pou (pillars) of his practice: Te Whare Pora, the sacred zone of making; Hineteiwaiwa, the guiding atua (deity) for creativity; and Waipunarangi, the source of ancestral guidance and inspiration.
Artist Talk: Maungarongo Te Kawa
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandJoin Maungarongo Te Kawa and curator Zoe Black for an insight into Te Whare Pora: A sacred space, a new body of work by Te Kawa.
FREE
kōrero mai
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Phone: +64 (06) 355-5000
0800-4-A-MUSEUM
Te Manawa Museum
326 Main Street
Private Bag 11055
Palmerston North, 4442
Aotearoa New Zealand
haere mai
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HOURS:
Tues – Sun: 10am – 5.00pm
(Opens 1pm Anzac Day. Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Open Mondays during School Holidays)
Free general entry.
Donations appreciated
Charges may apply to some exhibitions/programmes.
