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It's all about the free Wifi |
This is New Zealand's premier museum and the squat building sitting on the water front, pulls off the TARDIS trick of seeming bigger on the inside then the outside.
I've discovered, while chatting to locals, that Te Papa is considered to be an ugly edifice.
While the exterior might be polarising, the interior is dark and moody, and detailed with Maori design work.
Lot's of interactive displays spice up the assorted historical and scientific artifacts dragged up from the vaults and locked away in glass cases.
Great little Art gallery filled with local art.
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That's it in the background |
Free Wifi is available and I saw one German couple had taken over a corner of an alcove with laptops, plugged via exotic adaptors into a Kiwi powerboard, which was plugged into the museum wall.
Natural sciences are given a monster movie edge, with giant squid locked in a resin sarcophagus, a skeleton of a baby blue whale, and two very angry parrots trying to rip each others throats out.
Quite an enthralling venue. I want to bring my cousins kids here one day.
I kinda wish the earthquake simulator (which is quite an accurate experience I've discovered after
experiencing my first earthquake) was more 'Disney World' then educational.
Te Papa is open 365 days a year (that's every day!)
Hours: 10am−6pm (late night 9pm Thursday)
Free entry. Charges apply to some short-term exhibitions and activities.
www.tepapa
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Ugly? |
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Ugly? |
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Nice inside |
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Have a gander at it's earthquake shock absorber |
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Baby Blue whale skeleton |
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Giant squid 'under glass' |
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Ohhhhh interaction! |
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Bird attack!
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Great exhibits |
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