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Aotearoa’s Invertebrate Stamps
Enjoy a blog by Otago Museum's Honorary Philatelic Curator Melville Carr about his collection of invertebrate stamps.
Blumhardt Foundation means more art at Otago Museum
With the support of the Blumhardt Fund, Otago Museum has recently acquired an exciting group of additions to the crafted corner of our collections...
A New Zealand Fruit and Vegetable Production
To accompany 'Fresh Produce' our current Stairwell Display, we have been delighted with a blog by our resident philatelist, Dr R Melville Carr.
Silver Island – World Book Day
“One of the best adventure stories young New Zealand has yet been given”, was the Herald reviewer’s summary of Edith Howes’ Silver Island, when it was published in 1928...
Chess-ness
A Radio NZ interview early in the New Year discussing New Zealand’s 129th Chess Congress – played in Christchurch 2 – 12 January – reminded me of the sole chess set in Otago Museum’s collection...
Rēkohu Travel Journal – Part Two: Shells and the Sea
Kīoranga! Hello again from Rēkohu / Wharekauri / Chatham Island.
The sea around Rēkohu is rich and abundant. It is easy to spot the signs of diverse coastal life along the foreshore between high and low tide...
Rēkohu Travel Journal – Part One: Birds and the Bush
Tēnā kotau mai Rēkohu! Tēnā koutou mai Wharekauri! Greetings from Chatham Island!
Nightmares in a Museum
Our staff often get asked at Halloween what some of the scariest things in the museum are...
Garden Birds of Dunedin
Dunedin is a paradise for bird lovers. There are so many great bird reasons to live in this city and it is only getting better with the predator trapping work in our community that the Halo Project and City Sanctuary support.
Fashion FWD: clothing in ancient Greece
To mark the exhibition, Fashion FWD, Robert Hannah, the honorary curator of the Classical collections, here looks back to examples of ancient dress fashion.
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