Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: Introducing Te Papa Tour
Description
Discover the best of New Zealand’s premier museum, Te Papa, with a guided tour that provides an excellent introduction to this must-see attraction in Wellington. Beginning over one hundred million years ago, join your guide on a journey through New Zealand's rich history and cultures. Hear stories of our adaptive wildlife, the resilience of the Māori people, and artistic interpretations of life in the South Pacific. This tour includes the international visitor entry charge. Domestic tour pricing is available on our website.
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Make your way to Te Papa, located in a distinctive modern building that sits on the waterfront in Wellington’s city center. You can choose from several times throughout the day for the 60-minute guided tour. Your guide introduces the museum's collections of art and design, photography, history, Maori and Pacific cultures, and natural sciences. Walk through parts of the impressive galleries and check out high-tech interactive features that enhance many of the exhibits. Among the amazing displays, you'll explore New Zealand's diverse natural environment, experience Maori culture and learn about New Zealand's art and colonial history. Your ticket includes the tour and admission. After your tour, stay as long as you like to browse the galleries; one can easily spend several hours looking around the museum. A gift shop and two cafes are also on-site.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Small-Group tour limited to 15 people
Reviews(116)
Awesome experience. Lots of things to see
We enjoyed this tour and was so glad we booked this tour. The tour moved us quickly beyond the entry/overpopulated area of the museum.
Our tour was excellent and our guide very personable and knowledgeable! Beautiful museum! Very glad we booked the tour and spent the day learning so much!
Beautiful museum well laid out. Exhibits divided up nicely plenty of room. Arrive early since many school groups arrive late morning. Expect to spend at least 2 hours but can certainly spend more time. Great gift shop with many items from all over the country standard pricing. Definitely would not miss.
Sam, our tour guide, was very energetic and dynamic, and pointed out numerous highlights during this one-hour introduction to the museum. He rightly recommended that we then take our time to look more deeply into our preferred exhibitions. This was the perfect way to get an overview of the variety of subjects - history, nature, geography, culture - available to visit at this magnificent museum. One could easily spend all day here! Thank you, Sam, for your passion, clarity and humour!
This is a stunning museum and gallery. It costs around $20 for non NZ residents. It is worth every cent and you can use your ticket the next day. Wonderful thought provoking and interactive displays. Excellent.
Absolutely fabulous! Well curated museum with every small detail attended to. We went as a couple but would have loved this when our children were younger - so much thought had been put into ensuring all ages were engaged. I saw several children enthralled by the interactive activities and it was lovely to see. There was a challenge to see if you could tip the scales to be more than the biggest Moa ever, a tsunami activity and so much. Tickets are for 48 hours and this is so helpful because there is so much to take in - visiting over two days could be useful.
An absolutely astounding establishment full to the brim with informative exhibitions, culture, and people. One definitely requires more than a day alone to visit Te Papa. Given the weather while we were in Wellington, the museum was a much needed respite.
$ 170. for two admissions and a 1 hr tour was overpriced. Walk Wellington was much better experience/value.
We visited Te Papa while on a city tour of Wellington, It included a 1 hour guided tour of the highlights. The museum is impressive (you could spend days) and the tour guide did a great job of showing us the highlights. After the tour, we took a few minutes to walk through the Gallipoli exhibit. It is also impressive, particularly the sculptures done by the folks at WETA. This is a highlight of Wellington.
