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Rare Discovery: New Long-legged Fly Found at Aramoana
Spending time on the mudflats around Aramoana over the summer led to a unique find for Associate Professor Steve Kerr, a neurotoxicologist at the University of Otago.
The Month Ahead @OM: June 2018
Hands-on photography workshops, solstice stargazing and the opening of a new exhibition that delves into the memories of The Chills’ lead singer and songwriter Martin Phillipps – June at the Otago Museum is shaping up to be a busy one!
Things Change: Martin Phillipps and The Chills at Otago Museum
Combine an iconic Dunedin band, an award-winning documentary company, and a group of Otago Polytechnic Communication Design students, and you have the makings of a unique exhibition opening at Otago Museum on Saturday 23 June.
2018 ServiceIQ New Zealand Museum Awards
The most engaging, visionary, resourceful and innovative exhibitions, programmes and museum projects were celebrated this evening with a gala at event at Christchurch Art Gallery.
Anthonie Tonnon and Otago Museum present: A Synthesized Universe at the Perpetual Guardian Planetarium
The Perpetual Guardian Planetarium at Otago Museum will become the synthesized universe of songwriter and performer Anthonie Tonnon for a season of shows during the New Zealand International Science Festival in July.
The month ahead @OM: May 2018
May has already got off to a flying start with events for New Zealand Archaeology Week, and looking ahead, we still have exciting expert talks, tours, new planetarium shows and more on offer this month!
Flight to the Lights 2: Back to the Lights
What do you imagine when you picture an aurora? For me it is curtains of green and pink, floating in the air as if suspended by a spider’s web. That image is mostly thanks to Disney movie depictions. In reality auroras are so variable, as I quickly learnt when we flew almost...
The Month Ahead @OM: April
April must be one of the busiest months in the Otago Museum’s calendar! There are activities and events galore, and during the April school holidays there’ll be a buzz of energy as the Museum fills up with families having fun.
We are proud to be hosting a visiting astronaut, the opening of the Wild Dunedin – NZ Festival of Nature, with high-profile speakers and lots of activities for all the family, new planetarium shows, fascinating expert talks, and more! Come along and be inspired!
January Papanui excavations
If you’ve heard the well-known Kāi Tahu story of Tarewai, the powerful Kāi Tahu warrior who was captured by Kāti Māmoe and sliced open with his own mere pounamu, you’ll have an understanding that Papanui Inlet holds an important place in local histories. Along with the wider landscape of Otago and elsewhere, it is imbued with tales of intrigue, warfare and...
Win a trip for 2 on Flight to the Lights 2018
This week, the Otago Museum and the Dodd-Walls Centre will be giving away not two, but three pairs of tickets the chance to jump aboard a specially chartered Boeing 787 Dreamliner, joining 146 others on a flight into the auroral zone near Antarctica.
The competition was originally for two pairs of seats, however the amount of interest in the competition has seen the Dodd-Walls Centre increase their sponsorship and support of the event.
Tickets are valued at $2,000 a pair, and those that are lucky enough to win the competition will share a window seat view of this amazing natural phenomenon.
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