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Event Series Richard Wotton: Overlooked Ordinary

Richard Wotton: Overlooked Ordinary

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Whanganui photographer Richard Wotton finds beauty in ordinary utilitarian design and accidental arrangements, and his images capture timeless scenes that evoke illusive recollections and nostalgia for an imagined recent past. Places that are familiar are viewed as distant and the overlooked placed in sharp focus. Image: Richard Wotton, Church near Scott's Ferry, Rangitikei, April 2018...

Free
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Event Series Top Art

Top Art

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

An exhibition with the same format as Excellence, but this time the students are from all across the country. See the best work by young New Zealand artists, this year with a special extended two-and-a-half week season.

Free

Five people looking at a painting inside an art storage area.
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Look See Think Feel

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Join the Te Manawa Art Society for a tour behind the scenes at the Te Manawa Art Gallery. The Art Society's Virginia Warbrick and Te Manawa senior collection manager Talei Langley will present selected works from the art collection. There are three sessions to choose from: 10.30am to 11.30am; 12 noon to 1pm; and 2.30pm...

Free
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Heirloom Boxes

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Celebrate your whānau and heritage by making and decorating an heirloom box using Te Manawa's huge supply of crafting materials.

Free
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K’nex Challenge

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Dig into Te Manawa's huge K'nex collection and build your way around some tricky engineering problems.

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A detail of a monochrome painting of a boy.

Top Art

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

An exhibition with the same format as Excellence, but this time the students are from all across the country. See the best work by young New Zealand artists, this year with a special extended two-and-a-half week season.

Free
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Featured Featured Event Series Water Room

Water Room

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Head to our Water Room on Wednesday mornings for some cool liquid activities.

Free
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Robotics

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

The future is at your fingertips with our VexIQ robots. Build them and send them out to tackle our obstacle course and each other! Suitable for ages 8+  Book by emailing frontdesk@temanawa.co.nz or calling 0800-4-A-MUSEUM. (Payment is required to confirm booking)

$32
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Take Flight

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Try folding different paper plane designs and send them on a test flight from our foyer bridge!

Free
A closeup of a freshwater fish
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The Secret Life of Fish

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Meet the native fish in our aquarium up close, give them something to eat, and learn more about their life and environment.

Free
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Te Manawa Science Night

Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand

Make your midwinter come alive with a night of science at Te Manawa! Dr Rafea Naffa and his Fonterra science team will turn their trademark high-energy talents to teaching you how to make gloopy fluorescent worms. Our science educators will be making snow, and showing you the stars with our stellarium. Learn more about your...

$5

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