Be at Otago Museum on Wednesday as experts unveil the face of the mummy, which has not been seen for more than 2350 years, using forensic technology.
There will be an all-day Egyptian extravaganza, with a live mummification performance, talks, trails, astronomy and more.
The mummy will be revealed at 3pm in the Search Centre. Can you guess how the mummy once looked?
Head to the museum to search for clues about what the mummy looked like in real life.
Your prediction could win you an Ultimate Egyptian prize pack worth $150.
Entry forms available from the Information Desk, or download from www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, 8pm: Mbryo, lounge jazz.
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Friday: Philtre Jazz Trio. Acoustic jazz trio playing bebop, Latin, blues and funk, 5.30pm-8.30pm.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans, jam night, 8.30pm.
Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz.
Lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon, Dunedin.
Friday, 7pm: Alan Train.
Robbie Burns Pub , 374 George St, Dunedin.
Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Family fun
Cromwell Library, Every day until January 27, 2pm-3pm: Holiday Programme.
Bookings essential.
Today, 2pm: Preschoolers' holiday programme. Preschoolers must be accompanied by caregiver.
Bookings essential.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Today, 11am: Little Snow White, puppet play, fourth floor, Dunningham Suite, free.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon, until February 1: A World With Chocolate: Cadbury World Summer Chocolate Hunt.
Free, bookings not required.
Mosgiel Library, Children's area.
January 26, 28 and 30, 2pm: Design, make and decorate your own pinata.
Children must be present for all three days, free.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St, Dunedin.
Explorer backpacks for 7- to 12-year-olds (free).
Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk.
Weekends, 10.30am and 2pm, Atrium Level 1: Children's creative activities.
Saturdays and Sundays during January, 2.30pm, Search Centre, Backyard Bio Helpers.
Daily during the school holidays: The Big Bug Hunt, search centre, free.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays during January, 2.15pm, Atrium Level 1: Freaky Science: Wet and Airy Sessions, free.
Daily during January, noon and 3.30pm, Atrium Level 1: The Art of Calligraphy.
Wednesday, January 28, 10am-5pm: "All day Egyptian extravaganza".
At 3pm the face of the Museum's mummy will be unveiled for the first time in more than 2350 years.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin, today, 2pm-4pm: Free rides in a vintage vehicle provided by the Dunedin Fire Brigade Restoration Society.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. We advise booking: ph 474-2728.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours.
Meet at the Visitor Centre.
Music and performance
Dunedin City Library , 230 Moray Pl.
Lunchtime music: Friday and Saturday, noon: Tom Kelly, Darryl Baser.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Sunday, 7pm: Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate. Free.
Plays
Smiths Grain Store, Tyne St, Historic Quarter, Oamaru. Until March: The Great Storm of 1868.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon. Sunday, 3pm, Film: The Saatchi Gallery.
Wednesday 12.30-1.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 1.30-2.30pm: Rita Angus: Life and Vision tours.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St, Dunedin.
Free daily talks, 2pm and 4.30pm.
Topics for January: Mondays: Te Matenga Taiaroa, Tuesdays: The Prehistoric Plesiosaur, Wednesdays: Secrets of the Adzebill, Thursdays: Slavery in Ancient Greece, Fridays: Committed to Badgers, Saturdays: The Bismarck Archipelago, Sundays: The New Zealand Quail.
Thursdays and Saturdays during January, 11am and 4pm: Hot Topic - Protecting Heritage: Many conflict-ridden countries are being plundered of their national history.
Join us for a discussion on the importance of protecting heritage objects.
Daily, 4.30pm: Special Exhibitions Gallery Talk: The Chinese Dragon.
Exhibitions.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until March 1, 2009: "Just Hanging Out for a Ride", by David Woodings.
Until March 1: Rua Pick, "Te Whare o Anupihi".
Anchorage Gallery, 19 George St, Port Chalmers.
Anna Reid, "Rain in the East".
The Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station, until February 1: "Kitsch & Kaboodle".
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay, until late January: Works by Pauline Bellamy, Manu Berry, Brigitte Kammlein and Lynn Taylor.
Open Wed-Fri 11am-5pm, weekends noon-5pm.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Until January 31: Christmas exhibition featuring 12 Central Otago artists. Open seven days, 10am-4pm.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until March 8, 2009: "The Colour of Everyday: The European Watercolours of Frances Hodgkins".
Until February 9: "Hail Falls Noisily on Bamboo Leaves". Japanese prints.
Until February 15: "Rita Angus: Life and Vision".
Until January 25: Michele Beevors, "Debbie does Disney".
Until February 22: Peter Stichbury, "The Alumni".
Ongoing: "The Grand Tour".
Until March 15: Joyce Campbell, "Ice Falls".
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
First Floor, until tomorrow: "Of Fairies, Monsters, Ghosts and Creatures".
Contemporary Picture Book Illustration from Germany.
Opens tomorrow: "A Man's A Man For A' That".
Commemorating Robbie Burns at 250.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
Until February 1: Peter Peryer: A studio show; Helen Badcock: works on paper.
Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames St, Oamaru.
Finishes tomorrow: Lecture Series by John Badcock.
Until March 23: "Councillors' Choice", 11 works from the gallery's collection chosen by the Waitaki mayor and councillors.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
Until February 9: "Creme II" featuring works by Don Binney, Paul Dibble, Don Driver, Ian Scott, Sylvia Siddell, Michael Smither, Grahame Sydney and Glenda Randerson.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
Summer group show featuring Gallery De Novo artists.
Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
Perpetual Collective: Ron Esplin, Bob Wyber (jewellery), James Stewart (chair maker), Pamela Brown, Gay Webb (masks and torsos), Ray Ansin (glass), Ben Woollcombe, Margaret Palmer-McKenzie, Blue Hall (wood), Murray Ayson, Gilbert van Reenen, and others.
Open Thursday-Monday.
Harris Smith Art, 86-88 Bond St, Dunedin.
Paintings by Jeffrey Harris and sculptures by Nicole Page-Smith. Open Monday-Saturday, 1pm-2pm, or by appointment.
Hocken Gallery, corner Anzac Ave and Parry St.
Until January 24: "Once More With Feeling", works by Ann Shelton.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
Until February 1: Works by Megan Huffadine, Odelle Morshuis, Rachel Hirabayashi, Lynne Wilson, Nigel Wilson, Claire Worrell, Alice Blackley, Susan Blakely, Nina Conradi, Liz Kempthorne, Luke Anthony, Jane Casey, Jane Armour, Kay Todd and Jillian Porteous.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until March 1: "Our Piece of Paradise - Cribbies in the Wakatipu 1940s-80s".
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until January 28: Summer Show, selected works by artists including Garry Currin, Rebecca Harris, Luke Jacomb, Ralph Hotere, Tim Main, Rita Angus, Bruce Hunt, Peter James Smith, Neil Frazer, Charlotte Handy, Galia Amsel, Russell Moses, Claire Beynon, Peter Cleverly, Neil Dawson, Rudi Gopas, John Gould, Jeffrey Harris, Niki Hastings-McFall, Gretchen Albrecht, Michael Hight, W.M.Hodgkins, Para Matchitt, Karl Maughan, Simon McIntyre, Reuben Paterson, D.K.Turner, John Weeks, John Edgar, Johnny Turner and Hannah Kidd.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
Until February 9: Summer Show, selected works by gallery artists.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St, Dunedin, until January 28: Selected artists: "Summer Postcards from the Antipodes".
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Heather Straka and Martin Poppelwell.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St, Dunedin.
Until February 15: "Ted McCoy Architect".
People of the World Gallery, level 2, free.
Until March 15: `The Emperor's Dragons: precious collections from the Shanghai Museum".
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Free.
"Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, Level 3, Free.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin.
Until June 2009: "Chinese Treasures". Reflecting the history and interests of the Chinese community of Dunedin.
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves". An interactive exhibition about Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Until March 25: "Shop Keeping". Chris Gable celebrates the independent retailer in Dunedin.
From tomorrow until 28 February, "For auld lang syne": 250 years of Robert Burns.
Port Chalmers Design Store, 15 George St, Port Chalmers.
Exhibition featuring works by Simon Kaan and Martin Poppelwell.
Port Royale Cafe, George St, Port Chalmers.
Paintings by Jacque Ruston and Antoinette O'Flanagan.
Portsifika Art Gallery, 3 George St, Port Chalmers, until end January: "Sepasitiano Tavite" pen on wood Tongan images.
Open Wed- Sun 11am -5pm Renaissance Gallery and Sculpture Garden, corner Junction Rd and Matai St, Ravensbourne, until February 24: "Summer Creations", group show.
Rocda Gallery, 233 Stuart St (next to the Fortune Theatre), Dunedin.
New works by Linda-H. Exhibition hours: Monday-Friday, noon-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-2pm, or by appointment.
Scapes Gallery, 324 South Rd, Caversham.
Ceramics by Riki Julin.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton, Saturdays and Sundays, 1pm-5pm.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until January 27: Works by Dawn Agnew.
