Open daily, 10am – 5pm, Free

419 Great King Street Dunedin, New Zealand

Tūhura Otago Museum Blog

The blog is where we'll post news, updates, information about objects in our collection, #betterworkstories, profiles of staff members and visitors, pictures and videos, and really anything we think you'd find interesting. We hope you enjoy. 

If there's a topic you'd like us to do a post about, or a post that you think needs a sequel, just let us know!

How Christian Dior Came to New Zealand

When it’s time for our bi-monthly Collections date with Dougal Stevenson, I always find myself in a state of panic about what to take.

Read More >

Death's Cruel Sting

Dead bees and lime trees and mysteries.

Read More >

Wave Your Legs in the Air: conserving an elbow crab

Conservation tackles a crab who has suffered some inadvertent amputations.

Read More >

Tooth be or not tooth be?

Just like we do here at the Museum, the Otago Hospice shop occasionally gets strange items dropped off to them.

Read More >

Ellen in Antarctica: Part II

Ellen lands in Antarctica.

Read More >
WEB Antarctica 6400px from Blue Marble

Ellen In Antarctica: Part I

Assistant Curator, Natural Science Ellen Sima is trading out the Otago Museum basement for the bottom of the world.

Read More >
WEB s122e008324 Payload Bay Wave

NASA Astronaut Incoming

NASA Astronaut Rex Walheim is on his way to the Otago Museum.

Read More >

Opening the planetarium

The planetarium doors open with a flourish.

Read More >

Welcome

If you’re a regular visitor to our website, you might be have found your surroundings somewhat…unfamiliar.

Read More >

All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Drive: mounting a historic costume

We recently loaned an outfit to the Hocken Collections for their exhibition We Drove Here: Hocken explores motoring history.

Read More >

1 ... 45 46 47 48

About

Our blog aims to keep you informed of the latest happenings at the Otago Museum, through posts about our collections, our people and our work.

Disclaimer

The views expressed here are those of our individual contributors, and are not the views of the Otago Museum.

Copyright

All content of this blog is Copyright Otago Museum, 2017. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the Otago Museum, except for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review, or education, as provided for in the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994.