Support & joinTautokotia, kuhu mai

Your support is essential in enabling Te Papa to change hearts, minds, and lives – join our community of guardians today, through membership, patronage, or other generous and valued means. As the national museum, we receive up to 50% of funding from the New Zealand Government. Donate now to keep our vital programmes running, and to support the development of collections and preservation of the nation’s taonga treasures for future generations.

Become a friend of Te Papa

Friends enjoy a range of benefits and discounts with their membership, including invitations to exhibition previews and private viewers.

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Donate to Te Papa

Every year, Te Papa needs to raise around $30 million over and above its core funding. You can help our national museum to thrive by making a contribution – every gift counts.

Low shot of Te Papa from the harbour, which dominates the bottom half of the image, with a boat on the right-hand side

Corporate partnerships

Te Papa loves to work with like-minded companies who share common values around educating New Zealanders and contributing to research into the planet’s most relevant and pressing issues.