Brickman: Wonders of the World is a touring exhibition made entirely from lego® bricks currently on at Auckland War Memorial Museum.
The exhibition is led by Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught, the only LEGO® Certified Professional in the Southern Hemisphere and one of only 14 in the world.
This exhibition first premiered in Brisbane in 2016 and was followed with an Australian tour visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Over the summer the exhibition was on at Te Papa in Wellington before a three week run in Hamilton earlier this year.
The exhibition features over 50 large-scale Lego monuments including the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Arc de Triomphe, the Titanic, and many more.
There is plenty of interactive stations where kids (and ‘big kids at heart’) can build their own models to add to the exhibit.
Interactive Stations
McNaught and his team spent 4,944 hours and used over two million bricks, weighing five tons to build these amazing LEGO® masterpieces.
There is also a pop-up LEGO® store in the special exhibitions hall foyer.
The exhibition is on for one more week at the Auckland War Memorial Museum before it closes on Sunday, May 13th.
On a side note the Let Me Myself – The Life Story of Anne Frank touring exhibition developed by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam is also on at the Auckland War Memorial Museum until May 13th.
STATUE OF LIBERTY – 8,820 pieces; 43 hours to build
BIG BEN – 18,437 pieces; 94 hours to build
NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS – 9,532 pieces; 65 hours to build
ARC DE TRIOMPHE – 30,000 pieces; 170 hours to build
SINKING TITANIC – 133,900 pieces; 240 hours to build
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE – 27,268 pieces; 125 hours to build
TAJ MAHAL – 55,000 pieces; 128 hours to build
