Otago Museum

Otago Museum officials are considering developing a larger conservatory at the museum's southern frontage, to overcome draught issues and increase seating capacity at the nearby museum cafe.

Recommendations from others are playing a significant part in encouraging people to visit the Otago Museum, a recent survey indicates.

More than 10,000 people attended the recent "Off the Wall: World of Wearable Art Up Close" show at the Otago Museum, and entry charges came close to meeting costs, organisers said.

A major touring show focusing on the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake will help convey the impact and the science behind one of New Zealand's biggest natural disasters, Otago Museum officials say.

Otago Museum marketing and development co-ordinator Juliet Pierce is expecting to gain further insights into museum-based science education for young people through a staff exchange trip to the National Science Museum of Thailand in Bangkok.

The Otago Museum plans to build a small conservatory early next year to help overcome draughty conditions near the museum foyer.

An Otago Museum staff member is heading to China to explore new horizons for Dunedin.

Issy Livingstone (9), of Temuka, points at the two red belly piranhas in a glass tank at Otago Museum yesterday.

Otago Museum Trust Board chairman Graham Crombie expects a "good range of quality candidates" will seek the museum's top job.

The public has responded "very positively" to the recent redevelopment of the Otago Museum's much-loved Animal Attic, museum organisers say.