Talk:Te Papa

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How about a controversy section?

I'm wondering if there's enough content here to split off a controversy section. (I might just do this anyway, come to think of it, to see how it goes.) It wouldn't seem complete without some notes about the Virgin In a Condom controversy a few years ago, which had people arguing very noisily about the museum's principles. Would anyone be keen on perhaps researching and writing a bit about this, even if it's just a paragraph? I wasn't really taking enough notice of things at the time to be able to back myself to do it accurately without lots of work. Izogi 06:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think its much better if the controversies are dealt with in the body of the article, rather than being split off into a separate section. I think the article should be primarily along historic lines, with a section on the site including the earthquake risk and strengthening, the Museum Hotel de Wheels and the opening, and then an "Exhibits and Conferences" section including the controversies over individual exhibits or meetings. There should be some praise mixed in - surely Te Papa has achieved some firsts for New Zealand.-gadfium 09:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History

The article states that the museum was opened in 1998 - but ignores its previous history completely which goes back over a century (and was once known as the Doominion Museum). Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:56, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The building

We need more on the building itself. It is weird looking. Who designed it?

Matt (talk) 09:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the information about "Fletcher Construction", seems to be kind of an advertisment. It's quite unusual for an article about a museum to name the construction company. Therefore: architect. There probably should be an article about Jasmax Architects or at least Ivan Mercep.

88.67.90.14 (talk) 13:48, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]