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Magic Laundry

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

Create your own crafty creatures and learn how to 'make do' with heritage wooden pegs. From butterfly pegs to fairies to secret agents, what will your crafty creature be?

Gold Coin Donation

What’s Behind The Door?

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

Make a sign for your bedroom using coloured + metallic papers inspired by Ron Te Kawa's dazzling quilts. If you enjoy sparkles and decorating, this activity is for you! This is day 4 of the Secret School Holiday Programme.

Gold Coin Donation

The Science of Sound

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

From ooblic speakers, slinky boxes and tuning forks to OH2 sound crafts, discover the secret science of sound in this hands-on science activity. Designed by our science curator, this activity is sure to please.

Gold Coin Donation

Old School & Boardgames

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

Join our Heritage curator for old-school lessons in the Awahou South Schoolhouse. Take a trip down memory lane and try your hand at board games from times gone by - no PlayStation here!

Gold Coin Donation

Optical Mysteries

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

Join us for an eye-bending activity where you'll explore optical illusions. Learn how optical illusions can trick your eyes and then craft your own captivating illusions. This fun and educational experience will spark your creativity.

Gold Coin Donation
Event Series NOA Programme

NOA Programme

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

NOA is a program designed to create a welcoming environment for those who would otherwise not consider the museum to be a place for them.

NOA is open to anyone and generally attended by differently abled folks.

The programme runs every Wednesday morning from 10am - 12pm. NOA runs during school term times and does not run during school holidays.

FREE

Secret Masterpieces

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

Unleash your inner Da Vinci in our Secret Masterpieces art activity! Explore famous works of art, then create your own secret masterpiece using different techniques and materials. This activity is Day 9 of the Secret School Holiday Programme.

Kinex Creations

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

Is it a bridge. Is it a plane? Maybe a cat? Come along to a morning all about building things with Kinex. What will you create? Shhh! It's a secret...

Gold Coin Donation

WAR – What is it Good For? Anthony Davies

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

This exhibition by printmaker, Anthony Davies is part of a series on the war in Ukraine.
Anthony Davies is a master printmaker who has spent time looking at the progression of the Ukraine war. His artwork, using a selection of images from the Internet, presents these events from his own viewpoint. Davies says he felt compelled to undertake this series. He speaks of a sense of injustice as he watches people turned into refugees; “the devastation of ordinary people”.

FREE

The Art of Survival: Artist Talk

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

Join us for an artist talk with master printmaker, Anthony Davies alongside his exhibition WAR - What is it Good For? Anthony Davies will share what it is to be a professional printmaker. His talk will touch on his art school training, modern art schools, the time he has spent working in Aotearoa New Zealand and his work ethic.

FREE