Freaky Features: Colossal Squid Ngu Tipua
The travelling exhibition Colossal Squid Ngu Tipua is developed and toured by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The exhibition arrives on Tuesday 20th October and will be open to the public from Wednesday 21st October
On display from 21st October 2026
The ever-popular Te Papa exhibition Colossal Squid Ngu Tipua, is coming to Mercury Bay Museum.
Colossal Squid Ngu Tipua centres around an interactive table displaying many different objects including the lens from an eye of the Colossal Squid, part of a tentacle, and a complete tiny squid; the miniature of its colossal relative. Touchable rotating models of a squid’s tentacle hook and the Colossal Squid’s beak are also on display.
The exhibition also displays two documentaries which show life in the depths of the Southern Ocean, and how the most complete Colossal Squid ever found ended up at Te Papa.
Mercury Bay Museum, Whitianga
Opens Wednesday 21st October 2026
Open 10am – 3pm
FREE with Museum admission
