Te Papa

I'll start posting with our visits to the National museum in Wellington called Te Papa. We've been there twice now, once on a Sunday afternoon and once during the school holidays. Admission is free so we only have to pay for parking. It is about 25 minutes away in downtown Wellington right on the water. We have only seen about 2 of the 4 floors. It is a very large, very nice museum. It is a fun place to go and hang out as a family, and there are lots of inter-active things for the kids to do.






























Jesaiah's favorite part is the collosal squid. They show a 3D movie on how they caught it and then they have it preserved in a case on display.




They also have all the native animals stuffed and on display too, as well as the dinosaur fossils that have been found in NZ, which there are too many of.








It is probably one of the nicer musuems I've been too, and it's free! They do have certain exhibits that have an admission price, but you don't have to go to those.

We did go and see the one they had for the past couple of months, it was called "A Day in Pompeii". There was a 3D movie on the catasrophe and how it happened and then there were all sorts of artifacts and the body casts of people killed in the eruption. It was a very good exhibit, and the kids enjoyed learning about the volcano and how it affected Pompeii.