Gallipoli Exhibition at Te Papa Museum Wellington



Hi everyone!

Time to explore Wellington and I would love to share my love to the museums. Wellington will be the best place for those museum lovers like me, as this capital city is packed with world - class museum.

the Maori Gate at Te Papa Museum

One of the best museum in town is Te Papa Museum. This national museum is indeed a nation pride. Spread in 6 different floors, this museum certainly has a lot to offer.

I got a chance to visit Te Papa Museum in one weekend. One of the highly recommended exhibitions they have there is the Gallipoli Exhibition called Gallipole, the Scale of Our War. 

As I stepped into the giant entrance gate of the Gallipoli Exhibition, I knew I would be blown away by its bleak yet interesting details about this horrific war. Focusing on the stories and personal memories of some of the New Zealanders who were part of the war, the exhibition gives you the vivid reminder of how horrible war is, especially this war. Through photos, videos, posters, narrations, dioramas, statues, simulations and more, the exhibition is giving you detailed information from the D-1 of this NZ troops landing in Gallipoli, until the end of it. 

Here are some photos I took at Te Pa Pa Museum Wellington during my last visit.




Interestingly and touchingly displaying the personal stories of those involved in this horrible war, the exhibition showed you a lot of history and human touch, as well as the horrible impacts of war. 




I personally learnt a lot about the war and how horrible the faith that fell upon those soldiers as well as medical officers who were trapped in Galipoli. My heart wept as I saw the tolling numbers of the death and the terrifying condition of them.





As you all are probably aware of, Galipoli has become one of the vivid reminders of the horrible World War I. 

The exhibition is not only displaying the stories of the soldiers, but also the nurses and the doctors. In those dioramas, there are narration being read, telling us the story of these persons. I was so sad when I heard the story of Staff Nurse Lottie who was looking for her brother, Leddie,  but couldn't find him and then stayed to take care of the wounded soldiers at the hospital ship, Maheno, which sailed from Wellington in July 1915.

Here are some more photos I took on the exhibition.







Here's the entrance to the Te Papa Museum in Wellington. I have to say, one visit is never enough and we can go back here anytime as the entrance is free.


I have put the video of my visit to the exhibition on my YouTube channel as well. Feel free to check it out:



So what do you think? 

Will you come and visit Te Papa Museum as well? 

If you are around, I will be more than happy to take you here and I can definitely explore more!

See you on our next adventure in Aotearoa!

16 comments:

  1. Selalu suka sama Wellington dulu banget pernah baca novel dgn latar di Wellington mba cuma lupa judulnya tus jatuh cinta gt sama tempatnya yg indah

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  2. Suka sedih kalo berkunjung ke museum perang yah mbak, teringat para korban dan pahlawan yang telah berjuang. Tapi kita memang jangan melupakan sejarah yah,

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  3. Galipoli Exhibition di Te Pa Pa Museum mengingatkan kita akan betapa kejamnya perang, entah berapa banyak nyawa melayang juga mengenaskannya kondisi saat peperangan terjadi. Wista edukasi yang pas buat kita dan anak-anak pastinya ini.

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  4. I hope someday, I can go to Wellington and visit the Te Papa Museum. In war, there is no winner or looser, only sad and sorrow.

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  5. Always love to visit the museum and enjoying all the displays. For me it is a fun way to learn about history. So yes, i would love to visit Te Papa museum mbak.

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  6. Woow! what a splendid place to visit. Frankly speaking those readers who read this article with the beautiful contents of Te Papa Museum will not refuse any chance to be at Te Papa Museum if there's an availability to be there.

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  7. Ga heran menjadi salah satu museum kelas dunia, selain sejarah yang mengingatkan pada Galipoli dan kengerian yang terjadi pada perang dunia 1, detail isi museum ini tampak sempurna sekali. Bahkan patung manusianya terlihat seperti nyata. Bener kan mbak itu patung? Atau foto yang difoto?

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  8. Te Papa Museum ini banyak menceritakan tentang peperangan dan dampak yang diakibatkan dari peperangan, ya, Mbak.
    Kalau berkunjung ke museum seperti itu bisa bikin ngeri ya, lihat pertumpahan darah akibat perang.

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  9. Museum Te Pa Pa ini, lagi-lagi memhukakan mata kita, bahwa segala macam bentuk perang, yang paling menderita ialah mereka yang lemah.

    Pemderitaan di mana-mana, banyak jatuh korban dan lainnya. 🥲

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  10. Menarik.. Sejarah perang memang mengerikan. Tapi sarat dengan pelajaran yang bisa kita dapatkan agar senantiasa menjaga perdamaian

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  11. Wah menarik banget postingan tentang Galipoli Exhibition at Te Papa Museum Wellington ini mbak
    Jadi tahu bagaimana karya karya museum di sana

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  12. Itu semua foto dari Museum Te Pa Pa? Bagus, kaya nyata gitu. Eh tapi sejarah emang nyata ya, hehehe. Maksudku gambarnya kaya bukan 2 dimensi. Hidup banget. Jadi ikut ngerasain ceritanya

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  13. Itu semua foto dari Museum Te Pa Pa? Bagus, kaya nyata gitu. Eh tapi sejarah emang nyata ya, hehehe. Maksudku gambarnya kaya bukan 2 dimensi. Hidup banget. Jadi ikut ngerasain ceritanya

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  14. Pas banget pembahasan museum baru tadi siang aku habis ke museum kraton mangkunegaran mbak indah.
    Benda bersejarah di dalam museum membuat saya takjub.

    Untuk museum Te papa di New zealand ini, kereen unik

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  15. Jadi Museum Gallipoli Te Papa ini di Negara apa Mba? Unik ya di dalamnya banyak hal menarik buat dilihat.

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  16. Melihat foto-fotonya banyak pesan tersirat di dalam diorama mau pun fotonya ya, mba. Berasa melihat masa perang dunia 1

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