Mesopotamia: explore Getty Museum’s exhibition from home
Ancient Mesopotamia, centered in present-day Iraq, occupies a unique place in the history of human culture. It is there, around 3400–3000 BC, that all the key elements of urban civilization first appear in one place: cities with monumental infrastructure and official bureaucracies overseeing agricultural, economic, and religious activities; the earliest known system of writing; and sophisticated architecture, arts, and technologies.
Virtual tours of previous Auckland Museum exhibitions
Includes Carried Away: Bags Unpacked, which reveals the stories and histories within everyday bags from across Auckland Museum’s collections; Photographing Early Auckland, which brings you comparison images of Auckland from 1850-1870 to today; Voyage to Aotearoa: Tupaia and the Endeavour, which tells the story of the Tahitian navigator Tupaia and his journey to New Zealand with Captain Cook in 1769.
Oracles: on until 18 October at City Gallery Wellington
This one you can physically go and experience at City Gallery Wellington! Working across performance, photography, and video, Pati Solomona Tyrell and Christian Thompson channel historical spirits and consequences through masquerade.