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Inaugural H D Skinner lecture
Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 12:08 pm | Otago Museum
The Friends of the Otago Museum are proud to sponsor the inaugural H D Skinner Memorial Lecture at 6pm on Thursday 11 October, as part of the Museum’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Attendees are invited to join the Friends for nibbles after the lecture. More >>
Portrait Exhibition Highlights Local Women
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 2:35 pm | Otago Museum
This September marks 125 years since New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. Otago Museum has received funding from the Ministry for Women to create a project that will celebrate both the anniversary, ... More >>
Anthonie Tonnon returning to Perpetual Guardian Planetarium
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 1:45 pm | Otago Museum
Anthonie Tonnon returning to the Perpetual Guardian Planetarium Otago Museum is thrilled to announce a return season of Anthonie Tonnon’s A Synthesized Universe , with another six shows to be performed in the Perpetual Guardian Planetarium from ... More >>
Desperately Seeking Tuhura
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 3:29 pm | Otago Museum
Otago Museum is searching for one mystery visitor who shares their name with the Museum’s award-winning Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre. More >>
Outreach heading out again
Thursday, 13 September 2018, 2:59 pm | Otago Museum
Outreach heading out again Following the successful Far from Frozen programme in Niue in August, the Otago Museum team is about to pack up and head to the Cook Islands. More >>
Discoverer's granddaughter to visit
Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 11:38 am | Otago Museum
Earlier this year several Polynesian textile items were returned to Otago, where they were found 124 years ago. In July 1894, Robt Arthur Mathewson found a kete, three maro (waistcloths), two lengths of fine cordage, and a piece of bark cloth ... More >>
Conscious Consumption Meets Fashion for Recycling Week
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 12:53 pm | Otago Museum
Local sustainable fashion designer Fiona Clements, also known as Senorita AweSUMO, will present a showcase of garments handcrafted by students as solutions to the global problem of mounting waste, in a fashion show and presentation at the Otago Museum ... More >>
Otago Museum Launches New Website
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 9:18 am | Otago Museum
Embark on a virtual voyage of discovery with the brand new Otago Museum website! Now it’s even easier to find out what’s happening at your Museum and to turn your intention to visit into action – buy tickets online, book in for special programmes ... More >>
Blink and It’s Gone!
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 8:57 am | Otago Museum
With just three weeks left, this is the last chance for visitors to explore the science behind fascinating faces in Otago Museum’s Your Face Here – The Science Edition exhibition. Visitors to Discovery World this summer have again been delighted, frightened ... More >>
The Big Get Together is Back And Bigger than Ever!
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 10:02 am | Otago Museum
On Sunday 11 March the Museum Reserve will be rocking with electrifying entertainment, awesome live acts and delicious treats for all taste buds! Bring your friends and family and join us for this FREE community concert and all round great fun day out. ... More >>
Bring Your Face Back This Summer!
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:06 am | Otago Museum
This summer, Otago Museum has taken the highlights of last year’s hugely popular exhibition, Your Face Here and brought them back – to Discovery World! Would you look better with symmetrical features? What will your face look like when you’re ... More >>
Visitation Numbers High for Your Face Here Exhibition
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 1:15 pm | Otago Museum
The doors may have closed on the Otago Museum’s special exhibition, Your Face Here, but the total number of visitors through the show in its five months at the Museum show just how popular the show was. With more than 145,000 visits made to the exhibition, ... More >>
Facing The Finish!
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 9:55 am | Otago Museum
The eyes are shutting on the Otago Museum's special exhibition, Your Face Here. The show will close on Sunday 3 July. With more than 131,000 visitors through the exhibition since it opened in December, Your Face Here has been one of the Museum's ... More >>
The Big Get Together is Back at the Otago Museum
Friday, 18 March 2011, 3:40 pm | Otago Museum
The Otago Museum is getting the best out of the last days of summer! On Sunday 27 March, the Museum Reserve will once again be the place to be as your Museum turns up the dial for The Big Get Together 2011. With great live music, cool stuff and ... More >>
The Big Ice
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 4:24 pm | Otago Museum
An exhibition celebrating New Zealand’s role in the 50 years of scientific exploration of Antarctica is headed for Christchurch. More >>
Virtual City for Kids Founded in Cyberspace
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 10:26 am | Otago Museum
From 1 August young New Zealanders will have a safe virtual city, SciCity, in which they can explore, create and discover thanks to Otago Museum’s Discovery World, IBM New Zealand, and ZeDDD Technology. More >>
Outstanding year for award-winning Otago Museum
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 3:47 pm | Otago Museum
One of New Zealand's oldest museums has had one of its most distinguished years since opening to the public 136 years ago. More >>
Edmund Hillary To Talk Before Exhibition Opening
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 11:56 am | Otago Museum
NZ’s most famous explorer Sir Ed Hillary to talk about his life before exhibition opening at Otago Museum tomorrow night More >>
NZ mountaineering and exploration exhibition
Monday, 11 October 2004, 1:26 pm | Otago Museum
The greatest mountaineering and exploration exhibition ever seen in New Zealand opens at the Otago Museum in Dunedin on Friday night. More >>
Sir Edmund Hillary Exhibition
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 12:33 am | Otago Museum
The Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond exhibition opens on October 16 and ends on March 21. The Otago Museum is the only South Island venue for the special exhibition . More >>
