It opened in 2004 and is dedicated to the fields of craft, applied arts and design.

[4] The Objectspace Masters of Craft exhibition series highlights a New Zealand practitioner and is accompanied by a publication.

Former chair Warwick Freeman writes 'A Master of Craft is someone who has acquired a deep understanding around a particular making practice.

[12] The move was driven by an increase in Objectspace's funding from Creative New Zealand, to include the disciplines of architecture and design alongside craft and applied art.

[12] The opening exhibitions included an installation in the new courtyard space by Warwick Freeman, an exhibition of a collaboration between typographer Kris Sowersby and design agency Alt Group, and FutureIslands, a restaging of the New Zealand presentation at the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture.