Shearwaters, Māori archaeology, and ukiyo-e: Inside Te Papa’s journal ‘Tuhinga’ 29
Dr Mark Stocker, Curator Historical International Arts, shares some exciting news about Te Papa’s refereed journal Tuhinga, which he edits…Read more
2018-09-26
Tally ho! ‘Cobb and Co’, an iconic Australian Lionel Lindsay print
Curator Historical International Art Dr Mark Stocker introduces us to Australian artist Lionel Lindsay, and a famous print that oozes 19th-century nostalgia: ‘Cobb and Co’.Read more
2018-09-19
Make cool stuff with our collections using our API
Over the past couple of years a team of tipua rarekē | curious creatures have been mining the deepest recesses of our collections metadata in order to offer it to you for creative use. What does this mean? Here, Digital Channels Manager Adrian Kingston introduces our Collections API.Read more
2018-08-30
Rapidly digitising 10,000 collection items
A look at improvements we’ve made recently to digitise our collections faster, including some of the gems we’ve uncovered so far.Read more
2018-02-27
Pasifika on top: your most viewed objects of 2017
In 2017 you viewed 200,000 of our Collections Online objects. We take a look at the top 10 most popular, of which 60% relate to Pacific culture.Read more
2018-01-18
Big Ted to Rita Angus: Gems uncovered while revamping Collections
We asked the team working on the new Collections Online website to share their favourite objects and images they’ve found along the way and tell us a little bit about working on this massive project.Read more
2017-09-26
Te Papa’s new Collections site launches – get hunting
It’s hugely exciting to announce that Te Papa’s new Collections site launches today. Fiona Moorhead, Collections Information System Manager, introduces what’s new.Read more
2017-09-15
Pride and prejudice: LGBTQI+ histories made visible
Curating inclusive history collections that represent diverse experiences, including LGBTIQ+ stories, enables Te Papa to present Aotearoa New Zealand to ourselves and the world, says history curator Lynette Townsend.Read more
2017-03-03
How people are using Te Papa’s collection images
Te Papa’s rights guru Victoria Leachman runs through some of her favourite recent comments from people downloading images from our Collections Online database.Read more
2017-01-26
The final tweets of @tepapacolonline
Twitter turned 10 years old earlier this year. Te Papa hasn’t been using twitter quite that long, but the unfortunately named (my fault) @tepapacolonline account, created to share Te Papa’s amazing collections, has been around for a while now, having first dipped its toes in the twitter waters on February 27, 2009.Read more
2016-07-06
Get Downloading – 20 great GLAM websites for free high resolution images
People often ask me where they can find images of collection items that they can reuse for free. There is no single website hosting all of the reusable images available so I thought I’d list my favourite galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) that make at least some images of theirRead more
2016-03-01
Pacific Cultures: Our year in numbers and storeroom selfies!
It has been another busy year for the Pacific Cultures team.Read more
2015-12-31
Moss piglets in space
Today is World Habitat Day and this week is World Space Week. I’m observing both of these events by databasing bryophyte (moss and liverwort) botany specimens which are habitat for space travellers.Read more
2015-10-05
South Island Botany Field Trip: weedy highlights
In early December 2014, three Te Papa Botany Staff embarked on a 11 day field trip from Otago to North Canterbury. We collected specimens, images and DNA samples of native forget-me-nots (Myosotis) and New Zealand hebes (Veronica).Read more
2015-05-22
South Island botany field trip
In December 2014, three Te Papa Science Staff embarked on an 11 day field trip from Otago to North Canterbury.Read more
2015-05-11