Well it’s coming to that sad time when exhibitions are about to close and a lot of people are always in the habit of putting things a off to the last minute so… I thought I would help you all out with a bit of a reminder in the hope you don’t have end up saying “ahh I wanted to go to that one”.
And if you buy your ticket with your Visa Credit or debit card you could win a trip for 2 to Europe, including a guided tour of not one, but three of the best art museums in the world – The Tate Modern, London; the Stadel Museum in Frankfurt and the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
If you have been in to see the exhibition already and paid for it with your Visa Credit or Debit card but you haven’t entered the draw yet, you have until Sunday to fill in your details online.
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So for all of you putting it off European Masters: 19th–20th century art from the Städel Museum closes this Sunday 27th February!
Join Simon Morton and Riria Hotere for your personal guided tour of the nation’s treasures when TVNZ6, in partnership with Te Papa and Vero, launch Tales from Te Papa on Tuesday 1 September!
Tales from Te Papa is a series of mini-docos (between 2-5 minutes long) showcasing significant objects and taonga from the collections of Te Papa and other museums. I know Simon from his Saturday afternoon programme on Radio New Zealand, ‘This Way Up’ and he has also hosted the show ’Why We Buy?’ for TVNZ.
Riria Hotere and Simon Morton - your guides to NZ's cultural treasures in Tales from Te Papa
Riria works here at Te Papa in our awesome Education team and has featured on the te reo programme ‘Korero Mai’. Using their inquisitive minds, they get to know some of the curators and collection managers at Te Papa and discover the fascinating and sometimes unexpected stories from Te Papa’s collections.
Tune into TVNZ6 at 8.25pm Tuesday 1 September to catch the premiere episode. The episodes will screen each night between 6pm and midnight so keep an eye out. If you miss any, they will be available on TVNZ6′s website and we will get them on here as soon as possible too.
We’d love to know what you think so have a look and feel free to comment – you may even have some suggestions for future programmes!
Well … kind of! NZL 32 aka Black Magic will be barged tomorrow morning from Team New Zealand’s shed in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour to its new home within the National Maritime Museum’s Blue Water Black Magic – A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake exhibition, opening in December this year.
Black Magic is the yacht that Sir Peter Blake and Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup with in San Diego in 1995 – a win that thrilled all New Zealanders who welcomed the team home with tickertape parades across the country (I still have Sir Peter and Russell Coutts’ autographs from the parade in Dunedin!)
It was Sir Peter’s wish that NZL 32 become part of the national collection and, in 2003, the yacht was gifted to Te Papa. Since that time, Te Papa and the National Maritime Museum have worked together to develop a fitting tribute to Sir Peter’s contribution to New Zealand yachting.
The National Maritime Museum have also started a blog detailing the development of the exhibition and behind the scenes insights as it is installed.
You can watch the yacht being moved into its new home on TVNZ’s Breakfast programme with Tamati Coffey reporting live from the Maritime Museum from 6am tomorrow.
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