Unsettling Nairn Street, Wellington's oldest house museum hosts 7 artists

Nairn Street Cottage has stood since around 1858 and has been a house museum since 1980, with each room dressed to reflect a different decade of the Wallace family's occupation. A new exhibition, Unsettling Nairn Street, has placed seven contemporary artists in those rooms to respond to the layers of history embedded in the building and the whenua it stands on. Writer and co-curator Emma Ng joins Culture 101 to talk about beeswax installations in the hallway, bronze crackers in the 1970s kitchen, and what you hear playing through the phonograph in the front parlor. The exhibition runs until 31 October, entry free.