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Blumhardt Fund Brings Precious Memory Home

Friday, 4 June 2021, 9:24 am | Otago Museum

Otago Museum announced their first purchase made possible through the Blumardt Fund today. The Fund allowed the purchase of Stolen Jewels by Octavia Cook. Ms Cook is a renowned Otago-based jeweller with an international reputation. Her work is in ... More >>

Record Entries For Otago Museum Photography Awards

Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 2:59 pm | Otago Museum

Entries closed yesterday for the updated Otago Wildlife Photography Competition with over double the photos from the previous year. The previous record in the 22-year history of the awards was 2381 entries. This year received a total of an incredible ... More >>

Otago Museum Fashion Exhibition Opens!

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 12:43 pm | Otago Museum

Fashion FWD >> Disruption through Design , Otago Museum’s latest exhibition is now open to the public. The exhibition has been designed in-house with a swathe of local and international collaborators: selected iD Emerging Designer ... More >>

Solar Tsunamis Project Launches… Literally

Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 4:56 pm | Otago Museum

Timed to coincide with the Equinox, Viva Expeditions two aurora-hunting flights departed from Christchurch on both Saturday and Sunday. The flights followed paths that were carefully crafted by Otago Museum’s Director – and resident aurora-chaser ... More >>

ID Fashion Awards Provide Basis For Exciting New Exhibition

Monday, 15 February 2021, 3:01 pm | Otago Museum

Dunedin fashion, like its sound, has always been distinct, and on Saturday 27 March 2021 an exhibition is opening to celebrate it. From icons in New Zealand fashion to new global players in cool, from the internationally known iD Fashion Awards to ... More >>

Upland Moa Video Updates At Otago Museum

Thursday, 14 January 2021, 5:15 pm | Otago Museum

Otago Museum has long been home to an articulated upland moa skeleton and housed underneath is a video which tells the story of its discovery. This moa was found by Jonathan Carr and Josh Clark while hunting in the North Routeburn Valley in 2002 ... More >>

Women In STEM Exhibition Opening Tomorrow

Friday, 4 December 2020, 11:33 am | Otago Museum

In an era of instant photographic gratification, it may seem a little odd for a digital portrait exhibition to take months to come together, but Otago Museum’s upcoming exhibition 100 women, 100 words… infinite possibilities is more than just ... More >>

Museum Loses Living Treasure

Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 3:40 pm | Otago Museum

Otago Museum and Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou are sad to report that, Manawa, the treasured moko kākāriki (jewelled gecko), was euthanised on late Friday, 13 November after expert treatments could not revive him from a series of ailments. Otago Museum had ... More >>

Applications For 2021 Grass-roots Science Projects Are Now Open

Friday, 20 November 2020, 2:47 pm | Otago Museum

Where are the kākā and are they safe? Why do some rat traps catch more rats than others? How can communities work together to improve their local stream health? The funding round for the 2021 Otago Participatory Science Platform (PSP) is now open. ... More >>

Dinosaur REvolution Opens Early!

Friday, 25 September 2020, 10:08 am | Otago Museum

Otago Museum’s biggest exhibition of 2020 is opening a week early, on Saturday 26 September. The reason for the unusual early opening is the impact of COVID-19. “Usually we would have a team from Gondwana Studios in Australia fly over and lead ... More >>

Dinosaurs Are Descending On Dunedin

Thursday, 27 August 2020, 7:57 am | Otago Museum

Otago Museum has just announced a dinosaur-themed exhibition opening on Saturday 3 October – Dinosaur rEvolution . The travelling exhibition was created by Gondwana Studios in Australia and Otago Museum is the only South Island location. Featuring ... More >>

Youth-led Exhibition On Climate Change To Open In October

Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 3:53 pm | Otago Museum

Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time, a challenge the next generation of decision-makers needs to rise to. More and more the New Zealand youth are taking the lead in highlighting the urgency of this issue. Otago Museum ... More >>

Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition Opens This Weekend At Otago Museum

Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 6:05 am | Otago Museum

The Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition is ready to open again at Otago Museum. The result of close to 1900 entries to the Otago Wildlife Photography Competition (OWPC), shortlisted entrants and winners are all being exhibited in the Museum’s ... More >>

Great Response To Southern STEM Nominations

Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 4:49 pm | Otago Museum

The hidden talents of southern STEM won’t be hidden for much longer. Nominations for the upcoming exhibition 100 women, 100 words… infinite possibilities , recently closed, and Otago Museum received over 300 nominations for women and girls who have ... More >>

Spying For Sharks, Caring For Kākā, And Burying Briefs – Community Research Projects Receive Funding

Monday, 18 May 2020, 12:12 pm | Otago Museum

While Otago carefully begins to return to normal activity, eight newly funded community research project teams are also planning for their year ahead. From using 3D models to communicate about local climate change impacts in Queenstown Lakes District, to ... More >>

Welcome Back!

Thursday, 14 May 2020, 9:32 am | Otago Museum

After seven weeks, Otago Museum is very excited to be opening its doors again to the public this Saturday 16 May. The Museum will be open 10am - 5pm, with the Café opening at 9am and closing at 4pm. As with every other public space and business ... More >>

Who Are The South’s Women Of STEM? Otago Museum Seeking Nominations

Thursday, 23 April 2020, 11:32 am | Otago Museum

Who are the women in your community who make science, technology, engineering, or maths interesting and meaningful to you? Is your friend always taking things apart to figure out how they work? Is Dissection Day your classmate’s favourite? Does ... More >>

Who Are The South’s Women Of STEM? Otago Museum Seeking Nominations

Thursday, 23 April 2020, 11:29 am | Otago Museum

Who are the women in your community who make science, technology, engineering, or maths interesting and meaningful to you? Is your friend always taking things apart to figure out how they work? Is Dissection Day your classmate’s favourite? Does ... More >>

Otago Museum's @hOMe – Your Museum, In Your Home Goes Live For The Lockdown

Friday, 3 April 2020, 4:19 pm | Otago Museum

We're bringing the Museum to the public. Virtually at least. Since the COVID-19 Alert 4 lockdown began, Otago Museum staff from all divisions have been working busily creating an enormous range of material for the public to access while confined to ... More >>

Otago Museum To Close Temporarily

Monday, 23 March 2020, 7:31 pm | Otago Museum

From 3pm today, Otago Museum has closed to the public in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, following the Government announcement at 1.30pm that the country has moved from alert level 2 to level 3, and will progress to level 4 in 48 hours. Our responsibility ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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