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.
Otago Museum
Smokefree roadshow about conveying risks
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.
Trust gives science festival $75,000
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.
Otago Museum planning to extend sprinkler system
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.
Space walker recounts thrills
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.
Delight as museum takes top awards
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.
City pair on NZ museum board
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.
Antarctic whale of a time
Antarctic whale of a time
''It's over here,'' Zachary Penman says quietly, gesturing down the hall of Otago Museum.
Museum alters lobby
Museum alters lobby
The Otago Museum's lobby has been redesigned.
Aiming to increase numbers
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.
Museum Trust head re-elected
Museum Trust head re-elected
Otago Museum Trust Board chairman Graham Crombie has been re-elected, to an extended, three-year term.
Extra funding for Otago Museum
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.
Fair has beetles fans smiling
Fair has beetles fans smiling
Dozens of children - and their parents - were bugging out at the sight of creepy-crawlies at the weekend.
Thumbs up for the bugs!
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.
Big task for conservator
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.
Museum exhibition gifts offer another dimension
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.
Otago Museums Aotearoa Conference host
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.
Curator Maori welcomed to museum
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.
Drama on the high seas
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.
Museum bolstering collections staff
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.