Date/Time
Date(s) - Wed 9 September
13:00 - 14:00
Location
Te Papa
Friends of Te Papa exclusive event
Join the friends
Join Te Papa curators for a member’s exclusive floor talk and back-of-house tour of Nancy Adams’ botanical collections
Nancy Adams (1926-2007) was one of Aotearoa’s most notable botanists and a talented artist. As well as being a prolific botany collector, Adams drew and painted an incredible number of botanical illustrations, and wrote popular books on New Zealand’s seaweeds, trees, alpine plants, and wildflowers.
In this tour, you will first spend time at the museum “hot spot” display, Nancy Adams: The Art of Seaweed on Level 2. After a curatorial floor talk on Adams’ seaweed art, specimens and research, you’ll head back of house to Te Papa’s herbarium to examine Adams’ life, research and legacy using specimens from Te Papa’s botany collection. You will explore her connections to Wellington, New Zealand and beyond, and her important contributions to our understanding of the native flora, including seaweeds.
Tickets
Exclusive event for Friends of Te Papa: $25.00
Online booking is temporarily out of order. To secure your place, please email rachael.brenton-rule@tepapa.govt.nz or phone 021 488 787 and they’ll process your booking manually. Te Papa appreciates your understanding