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Sir James Hector, Hector’s dolphin and Taniwhasaurus

Te Papa turned 150 years old on 8 December 2015. To celebrate 150 years since the opening of the Colonial Museum in Wellington, the exhibition ‘You Called Me What?! 150 years of scientific discovery at Te Papa’ will be open on Level 3 from late November 2015 until the endRead more

2015-11-27
By: Colin Miskelly
On: 27 Nov 2015
In: History, Science

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