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Puaka Matariki
Want to learn more about Matariki? Find out all about Aoteroa's newest holiday here.
Inaugural Niue Science Festival
*Inaugural Niue Science Festival* *12 June 2023* Tūhura Otago Museum is preparing to deliver Niue’s first ever Science Festival over 13 – 17 June 2023. Four staff from the Museum’s Science Outreach team, together with two members of the University of Otago’s Physics Department, will be aiming to engage every student in Niue and much of the wider public over the five-day celebration of science. One of the highlights of the festival is likely to be the Museum’s StarLab, a mobile planetarium that can take audiences from under the ice in Antarctica to a virtual flight through space. There will also be a...
Historical Kiwi Egg Loan Returned
Inside a cardboard box, protected by an inflatable plastic cushion, is a smooth, white kiwi egg with a tiny hole at each end...
Tūhura Otago Museum Hosts Hospital Update
On Tuesday 28 March, Tūhura Otago Museum hosted an update on the new Dunedin Hospital. Featuring five speakers from Te Whatu Ora, this was Dunedin’s chance to find out what is happening, to be informed, and to have their say.
Watch here and see for yourself.
Price Increase at Science Centre
Tūhura Otago Museum announced a price increase at the Science Centre and planetarium, effective from 3 April...
Virtuoso tourist art?
One of the windows attracting lots of visitor interest in ‘Keep it Glassy’ – Tūhura Otago Museum’s current stairwell case exhibition – displays three flaked glass spear points from north Western Australia...
Aotearoa’s Invertebrate Stamps
Enjoy a blog by Otago Museum's Honorary Philatelic Curator Melville Carr about his collection of invertebrate stamps.
Twelve Stamps of Christmas
As we embark on the enjoyable task of choosing Christmas cards to send to friends and family this year, it seems an appropriate time to think about the stamps that have been specifically designed for the season...
Pendants, petals, and pumice: Lynn Kelly’s jewellery
Jeweller Lynn Kelly was part of the iconic Fluxus co-operative in Dunedin for 15 years after completing a craft design course in Wanganui, before setting up her own workshop. Plants, and human interactions with them, are at the heart of much of the work she creates.
Media Release: Astronaut lands in Bluff
In what is thought to be a first, on Monday 31 October, an astronaut will be touching down in Bluff.
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