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Te Papa Museum: Interactive Exhibits & Māori Culture
4.6
46 Ratings
Wellington
Discover Te Papa Museum: interactive exhibits, Māori culture, natural history, and community engagement. A must-visit cultural hub in New Zealand.
Discover Te Papa Museum: interactive exhibits, Māori culture, natural history, and community engagement. A must-visit cultural hub in New Zealand.
Duration:
2 days
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Visit Te Papa – Aotearoa New Zealand’s national museum. Discover Māori and Pacific cultural treasures, the unique natural environment and history of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the National Art Collection all in one building on Wellington’s waterfront. Only international visitors aged 16 and over need to buy…
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Visit Te Papa – Aotearoa New Zealand’s national museum. Discover Māori and Pacific cultural treasures, the unique natural environment and history of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the National Art Collection all in one building on Wellington’s waterfront. Only international visitors aged 16 and over need to buy a museum entry ticket, International visitors under age 16 are free, but they need a ticket. New Zealanders are free no ticket needed. This includes people living in New Zealand, and New Zealand citizens and residents living overseas. Avoid the queue and book online. Before booking, please read our Terms and Conditions. Your ticket does not include parking, entry to paid exhibitions and events, tours, or Story Place. Have your ticket ready when you arrive at Te Papa. At Te Papa, please have your ticket ready, either printed or on your device. On Level 2, show your ticket to a Host near the Tickets queue. Then walk past the queue and enjoy the museum! Te Papa is an accessible museum.
What's Included
- General Admission to the museum
- General Admission to the museum
What's Not Included
- Your ticket does not include parking
- Your ticket does not include parking
Additional Information
Te Papa Museum of New Zealand is unique for its innovative, interactive exhibits that engage visitors through cutting-edge technology, its deep respect and authentic representation of Māori culture and heritage, its comprehensive displays of New Zealand’s diverse natural history and cultural narratives, and its commitment to inclusivity and community…
Te Papa Museum of New Zealand is unique for its innovative, interactive exhibits that engage visitors through cutting-edge technology, its deep respect and authentic representation of Māori culture and heritage, its comprehensive displays of New Zealand’s diverse natural history and cultural narratives, and its commitment to inclusivity and community engagement, making it a dynamic and inclusive cultural hub.
- Please note that you can use your ticket for 2 days (48 hours). The museum is open from 10am to 6pm.
- Please note that we only offer Ticket and Pass to the museum, Entry to paid exhibitions and events, tours, or Story Place are not included (Prices depending on the day)
Location
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
55 Cable St,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(46 Ratings)
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Jeff_f
Jun 26, 2025
Worth the visit - Spent several hours visiting. The museum has several levels of informative galleries about New Zealand history. Everyone who found out I was visiting New Zealand for the first time recommended I visit. I'm glad I did.
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Caanaadaa
Jun 7, 2025
48 hour ticket, means you can spread visit over 3 days - We enjoyed our visit here.
It's a lot to take in, and the 48 hour ticket helps with that.
We ended up stopping in 3 times over the 48 hours, it was a good way to spread out our time and really take in all the museum has to offer.
Day 1 afternoon, Day 2, and Day 3 morning.
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Jrr270455
May 8, 2025
A sensational and must visit attraction. - This is a sensational cultural and educational experience, absolutely world class. We visited 2 days in a row, spending much time in the Gallipoli exhibition which has been granted permanent status. This is an extraordinary exhibit. Other exhibitions also fantastic and wonderful to see the celebration of Māori culture and wider cultural diversity. Additionally all staff were incredibly welcoming, informative and proud. Anyone in Wellington should visit. Kiwis should be incredibly proud of this wonderful attraction.
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459shereenl
Apr 21, 2025
Go to this museum!! - What an amazing museum. The exhibit on native people and migration was informative and thought provoking. So well done.
I was moved by the exhibit 'The Scale of War" about WWI. Anyone who thinks war is worth it needs to go to this exhibit and it will change your perspective forever. The exhibits (including those from the WAKA group who developed Lord of the Rings), the personal stories, the information on what happens when you are shot or harmed, were all incredibly done. There is no way to walk out of that exhibit without feeling emotional and realize how destructive war and violence is-and that is the young peope who suffer the most.
On top of that, we met an amazing young woman from Poland who works at the museum and had a great conversation on life, the world, and how important it is to help each other and be empathetic.
The museum is very worth a visit.
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959glennk
Apr 20, 2025
Awesome and very moving - Wow! What a special place this is.
Not only do you get to understand about the history, geology and ecosystems of New Zealand but the highlight for us was the Gallipoli exhibition. It really does hit home how many New Zealanders were involved in the war, their heroism and their sacrifices. To say we were moved is an understatement.
We cannot recommend this highly enough to you.
Do not miss it.
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Ashleylaver
Apr 11, 2025
Excellent, informative and fun - Fantastic museum, with lots of great interactive pieces as well. The outdoor greenery section was a pleasant surprise. Very educational
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Fiona_m
Mar 16, 2025
Best Museum Ever!! - Best museum ever!! Our only problem was lack of time to see it all. We could have easily spent 5 days seeing and reading it all!
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212nict
Mar 16, 2025
Well worth the visit - We are international visitors but did not do a guided tour. We spent a bit over 3 hours in the museum. There is so much to do here. The tickets are 48 hours and if we weren’t leaving we would go back a second day. We visited Rotorua and did the Māori living village tour and this museum really complimented much of what was shared. I strongly recommend visiting. this museum is focused on who populated this island and when. Who came and how, not just people but animals and insects, etc. So a very good view of who and what and the impact. It superficially addresses colonization and impacts, but leaves you wanting to learn more of everything. Which is good.
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Scott712016
Jul 14, 2025
Crowd control needs some work. - What a great museum, although we didn't see all of it. The displays that we stood around queuing for long periods to see were good. I understand we visited during the Christmas break but surely there should be some plan for these busy periods rather than opening the door to however many they can pack in. As visitors to your amazing city I was happy to pay to enter Te Papa but then to compete we the locals (free entry) as they utilised the building as a child care centre. Maybe something as simple as a booking system during peak periods would reduce the numbers so all displays could be seen and enjoyed by everyone.
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Jennyr50
Aug 6, 2025
Not impressed - Dont go unless only interest in Maori - nothing to do with Colonal history - really disappointed art only maori. Understand why they are losing money. Cafe also not very impressive
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