SECTIONS

otago museum

DunedinMarch 7

Give us the strap: Museum wants punishment devices

Gone is the era of corporal punishment, but one Dunedin museum will soon let you reminisce about the good ol’ days of getting the strap from your parents.
Give us the strap: Museum wants punishment devices
Give us the strap: Museum wants punishment devices
DunedinFebruary 29

Smokefree roadshow about conveying risks

A timely road show to educate school pupils about the harmful effects of smoking and vaping is making its way around Dunedin.
Smokefree roadshow about conveying risks
Smokefree roadshow about conveying risks
DunedinJune 1

Trust gives science festival $75,000

This year’s New Zealand International Science Festival promises to be an "eye-popping" event, after organisers received a major funding boost.
Trust gives science festival $75,000
Trust gives science festival $75,000
DunedinMay 31

Otago Museum planning to extend sprinkler system

The Otago Museum plans to spend up to a million dollars over the next five years to extend its sprinkler system to cover the remaining 40% of the museum complex.
Otago Museum planning to extend sprinkler system
Otago Museum planning to extend sprinkler system
DunedinApril 10

Space walker recounts thrills

For Nasa astronaut Colonel Michael Hopkins, words could not do justice to the experience after conducting two space walks during his stay on the International Space Station.
Space walker recounts thrills
Space walker recounts thrills
DunedinMay 20

Delight as museum takes top awards

The Otago Museum's success in winning three national museum awards is also boosting awareness of Dunedin's overall achievements as a city of culture and science, museum director Dr Ian Griffin says.
Delight as museum takes top awards
Delight as museum takes top awards
DunedinMay 14

City pair on NZ museum board

Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin has been elected to the board of the national museums professional body, Museums Aotearoa, for a two-year term.
DunedinMarch 25

Antarctic whale of a time

''It's over here,'' Zachary Penman says quietly, gesturing down the hall of Otago Museum.
DunedinMarch 6

Museum alters lobby

The Otago Museum's lobby has been redesigned.
DunedinMarch 2

Aiming to increase numbers

The planned $3.25 million redevelopment involving the Otago Museum science centre aims to double the present 88,000 visitors to that facility and related areas.
DunedinFebruary 23

Museum Trust head re-elected

Otago Museum Trust Board chairman Graham Crombie has been re-elected, to an extended, three-year term.
DunedinFebruary 3

Extra funding for Otago Museum

The Dunedin City Council has signalled a funding increase for Otago Museum, but stopped short of a request for more than $1 million over the next decade.
Extra funding for Otago Museum
Extra funding for Otago Museum
DunedinJanuary 12

Fair has beetles fans smiling

Dozens of children - and their parents - were bugging out at the sight of creepy-crawlies at the weekend.
Fair has beetles fans smiling
Fair has beetles fans smiling
DunedinDecember 25

Thumbs up for the bugs!

About 1000 people visited the Otago Museum's new free exhibition, ''Bugs: the Mega World of Minibeasts'', during its opening weekend.
DunedinNovember 4

Big task for conservator

Recently appointed Otago Museum conservator Nyssa Mildwaters is excited to have taken on the challenge of helping protect and conserve the museum's two million objects, large and small.
DunedinSeptember 8

Museum exhibition gifts offer another dimension

For the first time, Otago Museum has created a bespoke range of 3-D printed jewellery as exhibition merchandise.
Museum exhibition gifts offer another dimension
Museum exhibition gifts offer another dimension
DunedinJuly 4

Otago Museums Aotearoa Conference host

Planning has begun for the next annual Museums Aotearoa Conference, which will be held at the Otago Museum next year.
DunedinJuly 2

Curator Maori welcomed to museum

Otago Museum's first Maori curator, Migoto Eria, was given a full Maori ceremonial welcome at the museum yesterday as she began her new job.
The MixMay 23

Drama on the high seas

In the first of a new series on the little-known stories behind some of Dunedin's collections, Otago Museum reveals how part of the fabled HMS Bounty fetched up in Dunedin.
DunedinMay 1

Museum bolstering collections staff

Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin is interviewing candidates for three key jobs as the museum moves to strengthen its collections-related staffing.
DunedinApril 24

Museum hails new proposal

Otago Museum director Dr Ian Griffin has welcomed a new compromise option involving proposed cycleways that could allow the Otago Museum to keep some of its nearby parking.
DunedinMarch 28

Museum 'whodunnit' series to continue

Otago Museum officials are planning to continue a dramatised ''whodunnit?'' series after the success of a recent event focusing on one of the world's most baffling maritime mysteries.
DunedinMarch 24

Collections focus for museum

Otago Museum management is strengthening its focus on collections and aims to double the percentage of overall staff devoted to collection-related duties.
DunedinMarch 4

Exhibition success

The Otago Museum's recent ''REVolution: 100 Years of Motorcycles'' exhibition proved ''hugely successful'', attracting more than 82,683 visitors, museum staff said.
DunedinMarch 3

Cost, risk in tourist entry fees

Some of Dunedin's top cultural attractions could face a ''significant'' drop in visitor numbers if tourist entry fees are introduced, Dunedin city councillors have been warned.