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4 unusual facts about Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa


1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert

In 2010 NZ Post deposited the stamp in the New Zealand national museum Te Papa on a long term loan.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Tales from Te Papa, a television series of mini-documentaries about objects from the collection

Raymond Robert Forster

Forster was an entomologist at the National Museum in Wellington from 1940 to 1947, with an interruption for military service during World War II.

Te Papa

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the national museum of New Zealand, located in Wellington


Stout-legged Wren

The specific epithet honours Dr John Yaldwyn, Director of the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington, in recognition of his contributions to avian palaeontology.

Therosaurus

The original Iguanodon tooth is held at Te Papa Tongarewa, the national museum of New Zealand in Wellington, although it is not on display.


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