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Monday, 7 December 2020, 9:06 am | MOTAT
MOTAT’s new photography exhibition Snapped! Summer Holidays in Aotearoa opens this week to showcase up to 100 summer holiday photographs taken in New Zealand from the roaring 20s right through to the swinging 60s. More >>
Santa Is Coming To Town - MOTAT’s Annual Christmas Lights Event Will Go Ahead As Planned
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 2:02 pm | MOTAT
A Christmas tradition and much-loved community event, MOTAT’s Christmas Lights will go ahead as planned on the 11th - 13th and 16th -24th December from 8pm-11pm each night. With contact tracing available on entrance, MOTAT invites families and ... More >>
New Science Fiction Exhibitions Opens At MOTAT
Thursday, 5 November 2020, 3:18 pm | MOTAT
If you thought teleportation, holograms, invisibility and mind control were only in the movies - think again. MOTAT is thrilled to announce the opening of its innovative new exhibition ‘ Science Fiction Science Future’ available to the public from ... More >>
Kiwi Ingenuity In The Spotlight At MOTAT
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 2:45 pm | MOTAT
Parapara/Ingenious: Innovation in Aotearoa has officially opened at the Museum of Transport and Technology’s (MOTAT). This new exhibition space celebrates Kiwi technology, innovation and ingenuity, one collection object at a time and is a fresh addition ... More >>
International exhibition brings the art of science to life
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 11:07 am | MOTAT
The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) has secured the rights to present the Royal Photographic Society’s prestigious international Science Photographer of the Year exhibition . More >>
MOTAT to launch 'Machine Makers' this Saturday
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 3:10 pm | MOTAT
As parents ready themselves for the summer school holiday long haul, New Zealand’s Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) is putting the final touches on their summer exhibition. More >>
Industry leaders launch national touring science exhibition
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 12:00 pm | MOTAT
The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), the MacDiarmid Institute, the Dodd Walls Centre, and Otago Museum are proud to announce the launch of their national science exhibition MIGHTY SMALL MIGHTY BRIGHT. More >>
MOTAT’s upcoming WTF!? Event
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 11:34 am | MOTAT
On the evening of Saturday 7 September, WTF!? will once again descend on MOTAT, casting an enigmatic shadow across the museum. More >>
Celebrating the romance of rail
Monday, 5 August 2019, 3:01 pm | MOTAT
The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) has launched their brand new model railway thanks to the support of The Great Journeys of New Zealand, operated by KiwiRail. More >>
Mighty Small Mighty Bright - Today's Science, Tomorrows Tech
Monday, 27 May 2019, 3:14 pm | MOTAT
Lasers, rainbows and magnetic nanoparticles… it’s just some of the extraordinary science that is at your fingertips in the Mighty Small Mighty Bright exhibition now on at MOTAT. MOTAT has partnered with New Zealand’s leading scientific research ... More >>
MOTAT Honours Emergency Services
Monday, 11 February 2019, 11:50 am | MOTAT
Getting up close and personal with emergency services is most people’s worst nightmare, unless of course it’s during a visit to MOTAT. More >>
New Zealand’s First Electric Campervan Arrives at MOTAT
Friday, 18 January 2019, 9:25 am | MOTAT
Summer is the time for a good old Kiwi road trip, so it is fitting that at 9am Monday 21 January MOTAT will welcome the latest addition to its vehicle technology exhibition Accelerate: Driving New Zealand. More >>
Maori Cuisine champion and innovator to be honoured at MOTAT
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 3:39 pm | MOTAT
Monique Fiso – renowned chef and Maori cuisine champion will be onsite at the Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland this coming Monday to oversee the final installation of an exhibit honouring her Hiakai cuisine initiative. More >>
MOTAT secures NZ return of pre-WWI Clement-Bayard Vehicle
Thursday, 11 October 2018, 4:25 pm | MOTAT
MOTAT is proud to announce the acquisition and return to New Zealand of a rare 1908 – 09 Clement Bayard 2-door open runabout vehicle. More >>
Upcoming & Current events at MOTAT
Monday, 17 September 2018, 3:40 pm | MOTAT
Upcoming & Current events at MOTAT: September – October Saturdays & Sundays in September (1/2, 8/9, 15/16, 22/23) Weekends of Imagination: Games Zone MOTAT: 805 Great North Road, Western Springs Time: 10am – 4pm Normal MOTAT admission fees ... More >>
MOTAT brings the wonder of flight to life
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 11:08 am | MOTAT
It’s all systems go at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) as the Auckland institution prepares to put aviation and aerospace innovation firmly in the spotlight this summer by hosting the blockbuster flight exhibition, Above and Beyond . More >>
Museum’s new vehicle exhibition goes full throttle
Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 1:47 pm | MOTAT
Revved up, fully charged, and challenging the status quo! MOTAT’s latest exhibition, Accelerate: Driving New Zealand, delves into the past, present and future of New Zealand’s relationship with vehicles. More >>
Celebrating Cycling in Aotearoa
Monday, 21 May 2018, 10:55 am | MOTAT
The most engaging, visionary, resourceful and innovative exhibitions, programmes and museum projects were celebrated Sunday night at a gala event for the Museums Aotearoa 2018 ServiceIQ New Zealand Museum Awards. More >>
Relive the Roaring Twenties at MOTAT’s Prohibition Party
Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 2:53 pm | MOTAT
Be swept up in the era of exuberance and sophistication which heralded the ‘roaring twenties’ at MOTAT’s annual Prohibition Party on Saturday 24 February. More >>
MOTAT teams up with emergency services for Live Day
Friday, 9 February 2018, 10:55 am | MOTAT
On Sunday 18 February there will be a kitchen fire in central Auckland and whilst it’s all part of a fun family day out, the message it brings home is certainly no laughing matter. The fire will be deliberately lit in a demonstration trailer ... More >>