Bricks of Olympus


Thursday 15 January - Sunday 20 April 2026

Time

11.00AM – 4.00PM

Opening Days: Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 4pm

Venue: UC Teece Museum

Bricks of Olympus - Grand Opening 

Bring your family or friends to celebrate the launch!

- Challenge yourself to try all the fun Maths Craft activities.
- Help create a giant Roman mosaic out of LEGO® in the Arts Centre Great Hall.
- Meet LEGO® Masters NZ stars Jake Roos and Emily Fryer.
- Enter the kids’ competition for a chance to win an exclusive, limited-edition Bricks of Olympus LEGO® model of the goddess Athena, designed by Jake and Emily.
- Be among the first to experience the exhibition in the UC Teece Museum.

This event is in association with Maths Craft NZ.

 

Bricks of Olympus Exhibition 

Step into Bricks of Olympus at the UC Teece Museum, an awe-inspiring LEGO® exhibition created by Jake Roos and Emily Fryer, winner and runner-up of LEGO® Masters New Zealand, Season One.

This brick-shaped tribute to the gods features an automated LEGO® theatre retelling the epic journey of Odysseus complete with monsters, shipwrecks, and mythical mayhem.

Explore the mechanics of LEGO® with our minifigure legions in motion around the gallery. Watch how ancient engineering meets modern creativity through levers, pulleys, wheels, wedges, and inclined planes all in action!

See centaurs transport a tombstone and warriors lift a giant amphora using simple machines.

 

Location map

Chemistry,
Hereford Street

Market Square Hereford St Carpark Boys' High Entrance Engineering Laneway The Observatory Hotel Courtyard South Quad North Quad Registry Student Union The Gym Engineering Cloisters Studio Common Room Library Biology, Observatory and Physics Chemistry School of Art West Lecture Classics Rutherford's Den Clock Tower Boy's High Workshop Great Hall
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