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Events in week starting Sunday 20 January 2013

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20 January 2013

  • Amphitheatre, Level 1, or if it’s raining,
    meet at PlaNet Pasifika, Level 4
     | 10.30am–12noon

    Hands-on fun for young scientists.

  • Te Huka ā Tai, Level 4  | 11am–12 noon | Free entry

    Here’s your chance to choose which trees make the cut.

  • <address><span lang=EN-GB>Sir Joshua Reynolds, <em>Maria, Countess Waldegrave, Later Duchess of Gloucester</em>, 1762, oil on canvas. Dunedin Public Art Gallery</span></address>
    Angels & Aristocrats, Level 5  | 2pm–2.45pm | Free entry

    Hear 16th and 17th-century music from Italy, England, France, and Germany, performed by New Zealand lute quartet Straynge Discorde.

  • Marco d'Oggiono, <em>Madonna and Child, </em>about 1490, tempera on panel. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
    Angels & Aristocrats, Level 5  | 3pm–3.45pm | Free entry

    Curator Victoria Robson talks about her favourite works in Angels & Aristocrats, accompanied by a New Zealand Sign Language interpreter.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

21 January 2013

  • Inspiration Station, Level 4  | 11am–12 noon | Free entry

    Let the good times soar!

  • <address><span lang=EN-GB>Pieter Brueghel the Younger, <em>A Village Fair (Village Festival in Honour of Saint Hubert and Saint Anthony)</em>, early 1600s, oil on panel. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki</span></address>
    Angels & Aristocrats, Level 5  | 3pm–4pm | Free entry

    If music be the food of love, play on … Be transported to the lavish courts of 16th and 17th-century Europe as members of early dance troupe A Renaissance in Dance perform the menuet à deux and bourrée, accompanied by lute, pipe, and tabor.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

22 January 2013

  • NatureSpace, Level 2  | 11am–12 noon | Free entry

    Hone your sonar skills by getting in touch with your inner bat.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

23 January 2013

24 January 2013

  • Moana Jackson
    Soundings Theatre, Level 2  | 6.30pm–8pm | Free entry

    What’s the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements? Lawyers Matthew Palmer and Moana Jackson discuss this topic in our first Treaty Debate of 2013.

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

25 January 2013

  • PlaNet Pasifika, Level 4  | 11am–12 noon | Free entry

    Join us for an experience that's out of this world!

  • Wellington Foyer, Level 2  | all day | Free entry

    During December and January, Te Papa will be accepting donations of food for Wellington’s Soup Kitchen.

26 January 2013





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