Ngai Tahu exhibition due
Ngai Tahu exhibition due
The Otago Museum has largely completed its preparations to host Mo Tatou, a Ngai Tahu cultural exhibition which will be the biggest Maori touring show to visit the museum since Te Maori in the 1980s.
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Son slams gift of Sir Ed artefacts to Otago Museum
Son slams gift of Sir Ed artefacts to Otago Museum
Sir Edmund Hillary's son says he is "deeply saddened" by June, Lady Hillary's decision to give 17 sentimental artefacts to the Otago Museum - which he only found out about by reading yesterday's Otago Daily Times.
Special bond behind gift of artefacts
Special bond behind gift of artefacts
Gift to the Otago Museum of 17 artefacts representing the life of Sir Edmund Hillary also reflects the warm relationship he had with the museum.
Hillary artefacts gifted to Otago
Hillary artefacts gifted to Otago
Seventeen artefacts representing the life of Sir Edmund Hillary have been gifted to Otago Museum by June, Lady Hillary.
Doubt over skeleton's future
Doubt over skeleton's future
Limited funds mean Otago Museum authorities face a "challenging decision" over the future of a southern right whale dolphin skeleton.
End in sight for SciCity
End in sight for SciCity
Otago Museum's popular virtual city, SciCity, an Internet-based learning tool, is coming to an end.
Museum gets perfect score
Museum gets perfect score
The Otago Museum has again been recognised as one of the country's leading tourism businesses by Qualmark, New Zealand tourism's official quality assurance system.
Table soccer tests young brainpower
Table soccer tests young brainpower
A three-strong team of "Mind Wizards" from Taieri College emerged as the overall winner after an unusual mental challenge to determine who were Otago's "Kids of Steel".
Of a mind to meet challenge
Of a mind to meet challenge
The Remarkably Calm team from Queenstown Primary School yesterday came second in the inaugural Great Mindball Challenge at Otago Museum's Discovery World in Dunedin.
Museum to host mayoral forum
Museum to host mayoral forum
The Otago Daily Times/Otago Chamber of Commerce's Dunedin mayoral candidates forum will be held at the Otago Museum's Hutton Theatre next Tuesday.
$400,000 legacies for museums
$400,000 legacies for museums
The Otago Museum and Otago Settlers Museum are due to receive substantial legacies, totalling about $400,000, from the estate of former Dunedin educator and vocational guidance officer Freda Carswell Stuckey.
Police crack case of egg thief
Police crack case of egg thief
Police believe they've cracked the case of the fossilised dinosaur egg stolen from Otago Museum on Tuesday.
Pupae put on museum's credit card
Pupae put on museum's credit card
The Otago Museum's single credit card was recently used to buy more butterfly pupae from Costa Rica, after usual supplies from the Philippines for the museum's Tropical Forest attraction were interrupted by a heatwave.
Museum exhibits for Singapore
Museum exhibits for Singapore
A new agreement between the Otago Museum and a big science centre in Singapore will pave the way for Otago science exhibits to be exported to Singapore, museum organisers say.
Museum attendance down 24%
Museum attendance down 24%
The Otago Museum remains popular, despite a 24% drop in visits from last year's record 628,716 attendance, museum officials say.
Maori, Japanese art combined for show
Maori, Japanese art combined for show
Naoaki Ishikawa, chief curator of the Otaru Museum, in Japan, is visiting the Otago Museum to help complete preparations for an art exhibition jointly developed by the two museums.
Stolen fossilised egg returned
Stolen fossilised egg returned
Otago Museum staff are thrilled to have their fossilised dinosaur egg back, but would like to see the person who stole it caught.
Theft of dinosaur egg shocks museum staff
Theft of dinosaur egg shocks museum staff
A brazen thief has stolen a dinosaur fossilised egg from the Otago Museum.
Sister cities' art highlighted together in show
Sister cities' art highlighted together in show
Modern interpretations of traditional Maori and Japanese art will soon be highlighted in an Otago Museum exhibition celebrating 30 years of sister-city links between Dunedin and Otaru.
Museum deal opens up China
Museum deal opens up China
The Otago Museum has signed an agreement with one of the world's biggest science museums, providing a gateway for Otago science exhibits to enter the huge Chinese market.