Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Wellington · founded 1992
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa (Māori for 'the treasure box'), it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. An average of more than 1.1 million people visit every year, making it the 58th-most-visited art gallery in the world in 2023.
- Visitors a year
- 1.1MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1992Founded
What to see
Phar Lap
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Derry Castle
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Mrs Humphrey Devereux
John Singleton Copley, 1771.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
A Fete at the Tuileries
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, 1856.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Kororareka in the Bay of Islands
Conrad Martens, 1841.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Emigrants
William Allsworth, 1844.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.tepapa.govt.nz before you travel.
Getting there
35 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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