Museum of New Zealand Te Papa: Small Group Guided Tour
4.6
87 Ratings
Wellington
Embark on a small group guided tour of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa and delve into the fascinating history, culture, and wildlife of this premier attraction in Wellington.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Make your way to Te Papa, located in a distinctive modern building that sits on the waterfront in Wellington’s city center. You can choose from several times throughout the day for the 60-minute guided tour.
Your guide introduces the museum’s collections of art and design, photography, history, Maori and Pacific cultures, and natural sciences. Walk through parts of the impressive galleries and check out high-tech interactive features that enhance many of the exhibits. Among the amazing displays, you’ll explore New Zealand’s diverse natural environment,
experience Maori culture and learn about New Zealand’s art and colonial history.
Your ticket includes the tour and admission. After your tour, stay as long as you like to browse the galleries; one can easily spend several hours looking around the museum. A gift shop and two cafes are also on-site.
What's Included
- 60-minute guided tour
- General Admission
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Explore the top features of New Zealand’s esteemed museum, Te Papa, with a guided tour serving as a superb starting point to this mandatory destination in Wellington.
Trace back more than a hundred million years with your guide on an expedition through New Zealand’s vivid past and cultural tapestry. Listen to narratives of our versatile fauna, the tenacity of the Māori inhabitants, and artistic narrations of existence in the South Pacific.
- Small-Group tour limited to 15 people
Location
55 Cable Street
Cable Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(87 Ratings)
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Anonymous855
Apr 27, 2024
Excellent docent led tour is a great intro to the wonderful museum & exhibits - All of the gallery docents were knowledgeable and eager to share their information. Lovely coffee cafe on level 4 for afternoon cake & coffee time. Fun "bush" walk outside and some viewing platforms. Gallipoli exhibit was astounding; the craftsmanship by Weta group making the larger than life story tellers...wow. Even the spray painted defacement of the Whatangi treaty was interesting. Good lunch choice in the regular cafe & reasonable cost although limited seating at busy times. Overall, a terrific experience...full day, whew
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Kez280
Apr 12, 2024
Great experience - Visited Te Papa for the first time in ages to see the Dinosaur exhibition. Great experience. Highly recommend getting there early to avoid too many people (during school holidays).
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Erikt933
Mar 29, 2024
Interactive modern museum. Must see - What a beautiful museum. Free, there are lockers ($6 for 3 hours), a good café downstairs and on the 4th floor.
In addition, there is a Dutch brochure. We booked a short tour for $22 pp, but it only started 1.5 hours later and we therefore visited the exhibition about participation in WW1 independently. Wonderfully surprisingly designed with very large images, lots of interaction and entertaining. Also for children.
Also visited the nature section: same image: interactive with the highlight experiencing an earthquake.
We were the only 2 in the tour and the guide was very enthusiastic and entertaining. She was therefore not strict on time. Seen and learned a lot about the Maori.
All in all it took more than 3 hours. You really have to make choices.
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925nigew
Mar 17, 2024
Cruise ship visit - Easy booking experience. Judith our museum tour guide was informative and you could feel her connection to the history of NZ. A tour that takes in many artefacts to give you an overview of the 5 levels that you can keep exploring after your 1 hr guided tour is over.
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N5213yplorraineb
Mar 3, 2024
A must-do in Wellington - Amazing museum. Our tour guide was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Definitely left us wanting to stay there all day if we could. The Gallipoli exhibition is a MUST too.
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Cvd485
Feb 1, 2024
Very nice museum - It is a very beautiful museum which has free access. There are some very beautiful reproduced or stuffed specimens. The section on the war with the “giant” but very real looking soldiers was also interesting.
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Lonk55
Apr 25, 2024
Incredible variety - Our 90 minute private tour served as a good introduction to the incredible variety of exhibits at the national museum of New Zealand. Our tour guide was personable, but not necessarily personal, as we didn’t get the feeling that anything was tailored particularly towards our interests, as we hoped a private tour might. We stayed afterwards for the Gallipoli exhibit - not to be missed!
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Sandy_m
Jan 30, 2024
Book Tour with Museum Instead - Museum was great, but meeting instructions were not clear. The only information we were given was to meet at 55 Cable Street, the address of the museum. We waited outside, like we do for most of our Viator tours. Never found the guide. Fortunately, after going into the museum, the staff were helpful and added us to a scheduled museum tour.
Advice, just go to the museum and go with the museum tour guides.
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Kathleen_r
Jan 24, 2024
Need better guide - Museum wonderful but guide spoke softly and very fast. Went back with hubby to see a few exhibits on our own, but got very tired so had to leave.
Guide took my evaluation and I explained why it was a 1. She thanked me and said that she doesn’t have enough time to talk slowly. Guess she doesn’t care.
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David_l
Dec 3, 2023
Viator charges for the free museum tour - This is a rip off. You pay Viator to take the museum’s FREE tour. Instead of booking this, just show up at the museum, take the free tour, and donate to the museum. Shame on you, Viator.
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