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A Children's Guide to Splendour by Isaac du Toit, edited by Paddy Rockwell.

A Children’s Guide to Splendour by Pukerua Bay School Museum

Written for children, by children, Te Papa’s Learning Innovation and Art teams are very excited to share the first book produced by our friends from the Pukerua Bay School Museum. This guide is full of great information relating to life in Europe in the 16th to 19th centuries – inspired by the taonga (treasures) onRead more

By: Rebecca Browne

On: 27 Oct 2016

In: Art, Behind the scenes, History

Out with the old … Conservation changes in Enriching Fashion

Yesterday seven items were taken out of the cases in Te Papa’s exhibition: Enriching Fashion: an eye for detail on level 4. In the photograph below a jaunty two-piece playsuit from the 1960s is removed from a case and replaced with a one-piece bathing suit that is almost a hundredRead more

By: Kirstie Ross

On: 10 Feb 2011

In: History