Collections online
Collections Online is a searchable database of objects from Te Papa’s collection. Each record includes information and an image, when available. Updating these records is a continual process, and more are released each month. more>
Browse themes from our collections
Bishop Monrad and his collectionDiscover how an amazing number of prints came to New Zealand. more>
View our collection objects by area
> Crustacea
> Fish
> Fossil Vertebrates
> Insects
COLLECTION CARE & ACCESS
Find out how we acquire and care for works of art, taonga, artefacts, and specimens relating to the cultural heritage and natural environment of New Zealand, the Pacific, and the wider world. See some of our recent acquisitions. Learn how you can access our collections and archives for research or exhibition purposes or how we can help you identify living specimens. Find out about borrowing from our collections. more>
Highlights
> Conservation of the Japanese samurai armour
> Conservation of Nicholas Chevalier's 'Cook Straits'
Library - Te Aka Matua
Te Aka Matua Library & Information Centre is located on Level 4 and open every day of the year from 10am until 6pm. more>
Museum publications
Our scientific publishing started in the 1860s and is still ongoing. Download or buy the latest issues of Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. more>
Tuhinga is published by Te Papa Press.
Research at Te Papa
Find out more about our experts, our research projects and publications, and how you can get some objects and specimens identified.