A major international exhibition featuring millions of LEGO bricks and iconic Star Wars scenes will make its world debut in Wellington this winter.
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition opens at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre on 27 June and will run through to 26 October 2026. The showcase is the first and only exhibition of its kind and will premiere in the capital before touring internationally.
Organisers say the exhibition will feature the largest known collection of life-sized LEGO Star Wars models ever created. More than eight million LEGO bricks have been used, with over 25,000 hours spent building the detailed displays.
If stacked, the bricks used in the exhibition would form a tower stretching more than 7.6 kilometres high.
The exhibition is the work of renowned LEGO artist Ryan McNaught, also known as Brickman, and his team. McNaught is the only LEGO Certified Professional in the southern hemisphere and is widely known as a judge on LEGO Masters Australia.
His team has created large-scale LEGO installations for museums, galleries and public spaces around the world, with organisers saying the Wellington exhibition represents one of their most ambitious projects to date.
The exhibition will be held at Tākina on Cable Street, a central city venue that has hosted a growing number of large-scale events since opening.
Tickets are available through Ticketek, with organisers encouraging early bookings due to expected high demand.
The event is expected to attract families, LEGO enthusiasts and Star Wars fans from across the region, adding to Wellington’s winter events calendar and drawing visitors into the city.
