Buller’s Birds: The art of Keulemans & Buchanan

About this Event

Languages: English, Te Reo Māori

Ngā manu a Buller

Discover our native birdlife in this Te Papa art exhibition showcasing prints of illustrations from New Zealand’s most famous books on native birds. Walter Buller’s iconic 1873 book, A History of New Zealand Birds and its smaller spin-off, Manual of the Birds of New Zealand.

Buller’s Birds

The Art of Keulemans and Buchanan also showcases print reproductions of original hand-coloured lithographs by London-based renowned natural illustrator Johannes Keulemans from the rare first edition, as well as of drawings and engravings relating to the later publications by New Zealander John Buchanan.

Saturday 8th March to Saturday 31st May

10am to 4pm

Developed and toured by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image Credit: Johannes G Keulemans, ‘Stitchbird, Pogonornis cincta (male and female)’, 1873. Photograph from A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 1st edition, Te Papa (1992-0035-1094/2)