Day 1: Create & Challenge
Day 2: Protest & Demonstrate
Day 3: Tour & Explore
The Future of Monuments
Today, many want to pull down war memorials as expressions of bad politics, especially those memorials that legitimise evil and injustice. Are there 'good' war memorials—and who decides? Can we make use of 'bad' war memorials? How do we understand miscellaneous contemporary war-memorial projects, like Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin and Ground Zero in New York, or Weta and Te Papa's The Scale of War and Peter Jackson 'colourising' World War I footage? What form could future memorials take?
Everyday Mysticism: Artists Respond
8pm
Sculptor Glen Hayward’s practice brings the everyday into the gallery in profound and absurd ways. Reconsidering familiar objects is a concern shared by other artists. Join us as they discuss their practices and why they find commonplace objects compelling.
Urn (Live)
9pm
Sonic artists Thomas Carroll (Ngati Maru, Hauraki) and Rob Tyler respond to the themes of Matarau. Fusing taonga pūoro and modular synthesis, they incorporate rongoā plants as a modulation source, to create works inspired by Māori philosophy, cosmology and experimental noise music.
IMAGE Glen Hayward: Wish You Were Here City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi 2022. Photo Elias Rodriguez.
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The Ten Largest, 1907. Photograph courtesy of Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi
From the heart of Wellington in Civic Square, provides locals and visitors with a meaningful, accessible, experience of art.
It presents a dynamic programme of changing exhibitions dedicated to the most current thinking, creativity and innovation in art practice in the broadest sense. It is a hub for artistic and cultural activity in Wellington that reinforces the city’s commitment to art and creativity.
City Gallery works collaboratively with artists, galleries, collectors and educators to realise programmes of activity that are relevant, push and test art’s boundaries and both transform and provide insight into our understanding of our world.
Wellington Museum Te Waka Huia o Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho
A treasure trove of Wellington stories.
Open daily between 10am – 5pm, our free-entry museum promises learning and fun for the whole whānau.
Housed in a beautiful heritage building on the waterfront, Wellington Museum offers a wonderful insight into the rich social and cultural history of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
The museum’s four floors are packed with local taonga. Find weird wonders in The Attic, watch Māori Legends come to life, explore our maritime history and experience the waterfront as it was in the 1800s.
Space Place – Te Ara Whānui ki te Rangi
Discover the stories of our southern skies.
Explore the wonders of the universe in our interactive galleries. Learn about planets, stars, Matariki and New Zealand’s contribution to astronomy and space sciences. Touch real asteroids and Moon rocks, learn about Matariki and on a clear night, star-gaze with our giant telescope.
Entry includes a film screening in our stunning full-dome planetarium. Choose from a range of immersive shows including Ngā Tohunga Whakatere – The Navigators, a family-friendly adventure across time and space exploring Māori, Pasifika and early navigation techniques.
Cable Car Museum
All aboard for the trip through time!
Explore the historic journey of Wellington’s iconic rail system at the free entry Cable Car Museum.
The award-wining museum is located within the original Winding House and home to two of the original grip cars. Take a seat on The Relentless Red Rattler, inspect the Victorian Grip Car No. 3 and see history in motion in the kinetic machinery display.
Nōku te Ao Capital E
Discover the intersection of creativity and play for tamariki and young people at Nōku te Ao Capital E.
Nōku te Ao Capital E ignites and fuels the creative spark in children through the magic of theatre, interactive play areas and immersive digital education experiences.
Under-fives explore their budding creativity in PlayHQ while rangatahi take creative control in the digital realms of OnTV and MediaLab. Children are at the heart of Nōku te Ao Capital E. Our accessible experiences and events are designed to inspire the next generation of artists, scientists, explorers, makers and doers.
Our Visitor Experiences
Nairn Street Cottage
Old world charm five minutes from the city.
Built in 1858, Nairn Street Cottage is one of Wellington’s oldest surviving buildings. Uncover the stories of three generations of the Wallis family women who owned and made the cottage a home.
With entry via guided tours, experience intimate snapshots of Aotearoa through the decades. Each room is dedicated to a different era and illustrates the technological and cultural advances through time. Find the authentically presented heritage garden in the back yard, the garden is a perfect example of living history.
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