Otago Museum

Draughty conditions in the Otago Museum foyer may soon be a thing of the past, with improvements under way to solve the problem.

Otago Museum chief executive Shimrath Paul has resigned to take up a senior medical centre management post in Indonesia.

Otago Museum chief executive Shimrath Paul has resigned to take up a position as head of an Indonesian centre of excellence for cancer treatment.

Grim experiences in a series of Nazi labour camps during World War 2 continue to be a powerful influence on Czech-born master potter Mirek Smisek.

Otago Museum has been the subject of praise, awards and criticism. Bruce Munro looks at what drives this non-traditional regional museum to punch so far above its weight.

Otago Museum will host a major exhibition from Shanghai Museum next year, in exchange for a successful display from the Otago institution, which was recently staged in Shanghai.

Plenty of humour awaits visitors at a touring show which opens at the Otago Museum today, focusing on the sounds people can generate, using only their own bodies.

The Otago Museum is likely to attract more overseas tourists, through its recognition by a US-based internet travel site, museum staff say.

They are the stuff of nightmares and they are moving in.

He may be the vice-president of the National Science Museum of Thailand, but Thanakorn Palachai does not take himself too seriously when it comes to communicating science to young people.