Dunedin museums are among organisations targeted in a wave of fake bomb threats which have caused disruption across the country.
Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said police were called to the Tūhura Otago Museum and the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum on Wednesday morning.
The museums both received emails stating there was a bomb in the building and it would "go off in a few hours".
Police completed reassurance checks in both museums and found no explosives.
The museums were two of several nationwide to receive the same email.
Police received 17 calls regarding bomb threats nationwide.
No explosives were found at any of the museums targeted.
This was the latest round of mass bomb threats the public service sector had received in the past few months.
Last month many public services, including the Dunedin City Council, were the target of fake bomb threats.
A police spokesman at the time said threatening emails had caused significant and unnecessary concern to public services over the last month.
"In some recent cases, services have been disrupted due to needless evacuations."
