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Exhibitions & events at the Museum of Tahiti and her islands
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Past events
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Apr 2024
Friday 19 April 2024 to Friday 27 September 2024
From April 19 to September 27, 2024, Te Fare Iamanaha – Musée de Tahiti et des Îles features the exhibition « Hōrue : waves from the past, waves from the present ». It traces the history of surfing in French Polynesia, echoing the events of the 2024 Olympic Games dedicated to this practice and to be held in Teahūpo'o, Tahiti.
Dec 2023
Friday 8 December 2023 to Sunday 21 January 2024
Te Fare Manaha - Musée de Tahiti et des Îles (MTI) accueille jusqu'au 24 janvier 2024 l'exposition temporaire "Les Masques des Habitants du Détroit de TORRÈS".
Jun 2023
Saturday 24 June 2023
Teachers, former students and future graduates of the Centre des Métiers d'Art are exhibiting in Te Fare Iamanaha's temporary exhibition hall from 24 June to 19 November 2023. After "Manava" (in 2013) and "Orama" (in 2016), Te Fare Iamanaha is delighted to welcome "HURI", which will show how Polynesia sees and thinks itself in 2023.
Mar 2023
Saturday 4 March 2023
Te Fare Iamanaha – Museum of Tahiti and her Islands' new permanent exhibition hall will open its doors to the public on March 4, 2023. This highly anticipated event is eagerly awaited by local and international audiences, and promises visitors many surprises.
Sep 2022
Monday 5 September 2022 to Sunday 18 September 2022
Le Musée de tahiti et des Îles propose du 15 au 18 septembre 2022 plusieurs ateliers et spectacles dans ses jardins dans le cadre des journées du patrimoine.
L'accès est gratuit, sous réserve des places disponibles.
Nov 2021
Friday 26 November 2021 to Saturday 4 June 2022
« Escales en Polynésie » by Titouan Lamazou The Musée de Tahiti is pleased to host the exhibition "Escales en Polynésie" by Titouan Lamazou from November 26, 2021 to June 4, 2022. A committed artist A traveling artist, Titouan Lamazou will present the works he has created in recent years throughout the 5 archipelagos of French Polynesia. Nearly 200 works, paintings and sketches, extended by the texts of his daughter, Zoé Lamazou, will retrace his last stays in our waters. Landscapes, fauna and flora, but also portraits of anonymous people or writers, will be displayed by archipelago, giving visitors the opportunity to […]
Aug 2021
Saturday 7 August 2021
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tahiti ti'a mai à Nu'uroa Fest After the shows on To'atā, song and dance groups will offer a last shows on different sites around the island of Tahiti. On Saturday August 7, Nu'uroa closes the festival, here is the program: 9am - Hei Tahiti - dance 10am - O Faa’a - song 10:35am - Tere 'Ori - dance 11:35am - Tamari’i Mahina Raromata’i - song Pause 1:30pm - O Tahiti e - dance 2:30pm - Tamari’i Teahupoo - song 3:05pm - TOAKURA - dance Information 40 544 544 and on Facebook pages : - Maison de la Culture […]
May 2021
Saturday 29 May 2021 to Sunday 31 October 2021
Musée de Tahiti et des Îles – Te Fare Manaha will focus on cultural festivities. Dance, music, songs, sports and fiber arts will be explored. This event highlights the variety of our collections, from dance costumes, ethnographic objects, to photographs and paintings.
Nov 2020
Friday 6 November 2020 to Sunday 25 April 2021
From the 6th of November 2020 to the 25th of April 2021, the Museum of Tahiti and her Islands invites you to discover our brand new exhibition: Fa’aiho ta’u tufa’a.
Fa’aiho, means “regain consciousness”, or “enlighten”. Tufa’a refers to the notion of heritage. This exhibition thus offers a reflection on the confrontation of both contemporary and antique works of art. You will have the opportunity to discover the Polynesian culture through the eyes of 22 contemporary artists as well as antique Polynesian pieces held at the Museum. Four themes were explored by the artists: Tiki-ti’i, ornaments, canoes and music. Unique pieces of artworks have been created especially for this event.
Mar 2019
Saturday 30 March 2019 to Sunday 20 September 2020
To welcome visitors during its renovation process, the Musée de Tahiti et des Îles - Te Fare Manaha will host a new exhibition, « TUPUNA ➔ TRANSIT », from 30 March 2019 to 20 September 2020.
The show will feature a hundred of objects held in the museum’s collections. These are representative of the 5 archipelagos of French Polynesia, and most of them used to be displayed in the permanent galleries, closed since 2018 due to their planned refurbishment.
An audio guide accompanies your visit of this exhibition in french, english , tahitian and japanese.
Sep 2018
Saturday 15 September 2018 to Sunday 16 September 2018
Le Musée de Tahiti proposera le 15 et 16 septembre un programme varié d’activités, ateliers et visites entièrement gratuits pour le grand public. Deux journées scolaires seront également proposées les 13 et 14 septembre. Cette édition aura une résonance particulière puisque la salle d’exposition permanente fermera à l’issue de la manifestation pour la préparation des travaux à venir en 2019. Ce sera donc la dernière occasion pour le public de visiter cette salle avant sa réouverture.
Jun 2018
Tuesday 26 June 2018 to Sunday 13 January 2019
Exhibition Paul Jacoulet from September 7 to December 10, 2017 at the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands.
An exhibition designed by the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac. A traveling artist in Micronesia or the floating universe Paul jacoulet.
The hosting of the traveling exhibition "A traveling artist in Micronesia - The floating universe of Paul Jacoulet" conceived by the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac is a great opening opportunity on other Oceanian cultures and in particular the Japanese archipelago and Micronesia. The Museum of Tahiti and her Islands invites the Polynesian public to discover the subtle and refined world of Paul Jacoulet and to travel in his wake from Japan to Micronesia.
Monday 25 June 2018 to Sunday 13 January 2019
This exhibition invites you to discover the creativity of the artists who create every year the costumes for the Heiva i Tahiti, a dance competition (‘ori tahiti) which is celebrated since 1885 every year during July.The eighty-seven costumes presented in the exhibition are made out of dried plant material, most of them had been used during the Heiva, and some had been awarded with a prize for the most beautiful costume.
Mar 2018
Sunday 4 March 2018 to Sunday 2 December 2018
The Museum of Tahiti, in partnership with the Cultural center and Artistique Arioi, will propose every first Sunday of the month some cultural workshops and thematic guided tour . Come and join this unique culturel experience.
This activity, open to the Polynesian, to the families, but also to the tourist public, will allow the visitors to discover the collections of the Museum, with a guide prepared by the scientific teams of the Museum, but also to have a more participative approach of the heritage, thanks to cultural workshops, chosen according to the program of the Museum .
Jan 2018
Thursday 18 January 2018 to Sunday 18 March 2018
From January 18 to March 18, the Museum will be hosting an exhibition on the history of Air Tahiti, which celebrates 60 years of air travel. Photographs of tracks in the islands, postcards of the old models of plane until the first seaplane, old posters, objects collectors ... This exhibition will return on the history of the inter-islands air links of the years 1950 to the present day.
Through this exhibition, Air Tahiti wishes to pay homage to the men of the past and to share with the greatest number an unknown history, contributing to the Polynesian collective memory.
Monday 1 January 2018 to Sunday 16 September 2018
The 4 permanent exhibition rooms of the Museum of Tahiti invite you to discover the riches of Polynesia and its culture. The four rooms offer you a series of steps in the knowledge of the natural environment and the settlement of the islands, the material culture and the daily, social and religious life of the ancient Polynesians, as well as an evocation of the consequences of the contact with the Europeans on Polynesian society. A visit which will allow you to discover the ethnographic collections of the Museum before the closing of the rooms by the end of the year.
Oct 2017
Saturday 7 October 2017 to Saturday 2 December 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A new program of workshops and visits at the Museum of Tahiti and her Islands. Following the success of the "Journée du Patrimoine" we are will find below a program of activities and guided visits on Saturdays, October 7, November 4 and December 2, from 10 am to 12 pm. For Saturday, October 7th, the Museum offers you a guided tour with tablet of the exhibition "An artist traveler in Micronesia, the floating universe of Paul Jacoulet", the workshop Polynesian tales and weaving of nia in the gardens. You will also be able to rediscover the permanent exhibition room […]
Friday 6 October 2017 to Saturday 14 October 2017
The Tahiti Museum welcomes the Festival VOYAGE from October 6 to 14 The Museum of Tahiti is pleased to welcome again the compagnie du Caméléon for a 4th edition of the festival "Voyage" in the gardens of the Museum. This year, the festival's theme is childhood and youth. New this year, in addition to screenings and concerts, activities for families and children will be available from 15:30 in the gardens of the Museum and the Cabane du Voyageur. Take the opportunity to come and discover the exhibition "A traveling artist in Micronesia, the floating world of Paul Jacoulet" or the […]
Sep 2017
Wednesday 27 September 2017
The Tahiti and Islands Museum celebrates World Tourism Day 2017 World Tourism Day 2017 will be celebrated in Tahiti on the theme of: "Sustainable tourism" - Te faufaa manihini no ananahi! Thanks to the partnership with Tahiti Tourisme, the Museum of Tahiti is happy to be able to participate in this day, and to promote our culture. For this day, you will be able to access the permanent exhibition room and the gardens of the Museum will be free all day long with a musical entertainment from 10am to noon and 1pm to 3pm. General program of these days: Wednesday, […]
Saturday 16 September 2017 to Sunday 17 September 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 34th edition of the European Heritage Days will take place on 16 and 17 September 2017. This edition will be resolutely turned towards the young public and its sensitization to the Patrimony, to the history of the Nation and the history of the art, or to the professions of the patrimony. To understand and to know the heritage in its historical and social context is to better understand the society in which we live. It is to discern the values on which it is built to understand them, to question them, to better appropriate them. Program of Heritage Days […]
Thursday 7 September 2017 to Thursday 7 December 2017
Exhibition Paul Jacoulet from September 7 to December 10, 2017 at the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands.
An exhibition designed by the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac. A traveling artist in Micronesia or the floating universe Paul jacoulet.
The hosting of the traveling exhibition "A traveling artist in Micronesia - The floating universe of Paul Jacoulet" conceived by the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac is a great opening opportunity on other Oceanian cultures and in particular the Japanese archipelago and Micronesia. The Museum of Tahiti and her Islands invites the Polynesian public to discover the subtle and refined world of Paul Jacoulet and to travel in his wake from Japan to Micronesia.
Jul 2017
Tuesday 25 July 2017 to Sunday 31 December 2017
The Oceanian Studies Society (SEO) is celebrating its 100 years, and the Museum of Tahiti -Te Fare Manaha propose to pay homage to its outstanding members, through a red thread tracing its common history with the museum institution.
This exhibition, which will take place from July 25 to December 31th of 2017 in the permanent exhibition hall, will highlight some twenty objects related to SEO, as well as the history of the institution.
Sep 2016
Thursday 15 September 2016 to Sunday 19 March 2017
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="400" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands, presents its new exhibition -TIKI- which will take place from September 15, 2016 to March 19, 2017. The exhibition aims to highlight an emblematic object of the Marquesas Islands: the tiki, declined around three axes - oral tradition, motif, anthropomorphic statue. Ethnology, linguistics, sociology, archeology are in turn called to try to give meaning to tiki. Thus, a hundred objects from the collections of the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands, private collections and loans of communities of the Marquesas Islands will be exposed in a context […]
Jul 2015
Friday 24 July 2015 to Sunday 18 October 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="4438" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]TAHITI NUI EXPLORERS, Exploring Tahitian Triangle and beyond The human being has always wanted to explore (the world) by curiosity. The vast Pacific Ocean was a navigable waterway to remote lands. The exhibition "Tahiti Nui Explorers" will take you on a journey of exploration of the regions / countries of the Polynesian Triangle (Hawaii, Rapa Nui, Aotearoa) and its surroundings by the first explorers as well as by the contemporary navigators of Tahiti Nui.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Apr 2015
Thursday 16 April 2015 to Saturday 13 June 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="4437" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Exhibition of Chinese contemporary art "Âmes errantes : hommage à Gauguin" (Wandering souls: tribute to Gauguin) from April 16 to June 13, 2015 Organized by Amy Li and Lü Peng in partnership with the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands - Te Fare Manaha Temporary exhibition hall Artists: Song Yonghong, Wang Guangyi, Ye Yongqing, Yin Zhaoyang, Yue Minjun, Zeng Hao, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhou Chunya.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Presentation by the curator of the exhibition "Here, near my hut, in silence, I dream of violent harmonies in the natural scents that make me drunk. Delight, relieved of some sacred horror […]
Nov 2014
Tuesday 11 November 2014 to Saturday 21 February 2015
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="4436" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Oceania tapa of yesterday and today Museum of Tahiti and her islands- Te Fare Manaha November 11, 2014 to February 21, 2015 - Tuesday to Sunday - from 9h to 17h Curators of the exhibition: Tara Hiquily and Michel Charleux, assisted by Christel Vieille A trip to the heart of the various Pacific archipelagos is offered to the visitors of this exhibition. In the museum's large temporary exhibition room, more than 50 tapas are Great Polynesia and also Melanesia. The public will be able to enjoy tapas from Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, […]
Aug 2014
Friday 8 August 2014 to Saturday 11 October 2014
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="4432" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]The epic of the Polynesian mother-of-pearl - 1000 years of history from August 8 to October 11, 2014 - from Wednesday to Sunday - from 9 am to 5 pm This exhibition is the result of the work of Patrick Seurot, who is preparing a doctoral thesis in economic history at The University of French Polynesia: "Nacres and Pearls in Tuamotu in the 19th Century (1801-1920) Economy, Society, Culture." It focuses on the epic of Polynesian mother-of-pearl, from a pearl oyster unique to In reconstructing the history of fishing and the uses of this mother-of-pearl, […]
Dec 2013
Wednesday 4 December 2013 to Saturday 24 May 2014
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="339" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]The Exhibition "Après Gauguin" (After Gauguin) shows a selection of twentieth century paintings in French Polynesia, from 1903 (Paul Gauguin"s death) to the sixties. Most of the works come from the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands Collection. Others are from private collections here in Tahiti.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Dec 2012
Tuesday 4 December 2012 to Saturday 11 May 2013
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="4431" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Pour commémorer l’arrivée de James Cook à Tahiti à l’occasion du transit de Vénus de 1769, une exposition de gravures et d’objets anciens se tiendra au Musée de Tahiti et des Iles du 4 décembre 2012 au 18 mai 2013. Elaborée à partir d’une cinquantaine de gravures originales du XVIIIème siècle, cette exposition permettra au visiteur de suivre les traces de James Cook dans le Pacifique. Ces gravures, qui illustrent son récit de voyages, sont un témoignage historique et ethnographique de la période des premiers contacts. Les gravures seront mises en valeur par des objets […]
Jun 2012
Tuesday 19 June 2012 to Saturday 25 August 2012
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="346" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]La danse des costumes Du 19 juin au 25 août 2012[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Dec 2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011 to Saturday 5 May 2012
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="386" img_size="large" onclick="link_image"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Centred on the photographic work of Danee Hazama, the exhibition “Our ancestors from . . . Taiwan?” takes us to the heart of the aboriginal tribes of this small island, situated off the Chinese coast. At the beginning polyphonic, the exhibition presents the work of scientific disciplines focused on the origins of Polynesians and considers the role played by Taiwan in the Austronesian world. Thus, linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, botany and genetics bring a new light to the understanding of the history of the people of the Pacific. Then, in harmony with scientific discourse, Danee Hazama, […]
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