Artefacts hold insight to our past
Artefacts hold insight to our past
Historic artefacts uncovered during the development of Wall Street mall have offered an exciting and unusual glimpse of life in one of Dunedin's oldest areas.
Otago Settlers Museum
Museum plans 'hole through the earth'
Museum plans 'hole through the earth'
The Otago Settlers Museum is hoping to install an unusual "sonic well" art project in the Octagon as its contribution to the Rugby World Cup next year.
Museum staff have ultimate desk job
Museum staff have ultimate desk job
One of Otago Settlers Museum's best-known and most popular artefacts, an ornate carved desk which long graced a Dunedin bank building, is being dismantled for storage and conservation.
$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.
Making crime pay
Making crime pay
Scottish crime writer Val McDermid entertained fans on Saturday with a reading from her new novel, Trick of the Dark.
The free event, organised by the University of Otago's Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, was held at the Otago Settlers Museum, and attracted about 100 people.
Settlers museum opens laboratory
Settlers museum opens laboratory
The Otago Settlers Museum has taken another step towards becoming a modern, fully equipped museum by establishing its own conservation laboratory.
Visitor numbers little affected by museum work
Visitor numbers little affected by museum work
Much of the Otago Settlers Museum has become a building site during the museum redevelopment, but this disruption has not yet dented the museum's overall popularity, visitor figures suggest.
Settler portraits to go online
Settler portraits to go online
Portraits of early pioneers on display at the Otago Settlers Museum will be preserved online later this year, following a substantial donation from the Otago Settlers Association.
Settlers Museum's new pest remedy leaves bugs gasping
Settlers Museum's new pest remedy leaves bugs gasping
The Otago Settlers Museum is "doing things differently" during its redevelopment project, including using innovative methods to kill any borer in museum artefacts.
Whangarei connection continues
Whangarei connection continues
In March last year, Claire Nodder attended a Dunedin ceremony to welcome her former Whangarei Museum head, Linda Wigley, to her new job as Otago Settlers Museum director.
Pixies' popularity boosts attendance
Pixies' popularity boosts attendance
The growing popularity of the Otago Settlers Museum's Pixie Town attraction has helped the museum largely correct an earlier fall in visitor numbers.
Settlers museum to shift gear during redevelopment
Settlers museum to shift gear during redevelopment
The Otago Settlers Museum will be "doing things differently", including providing more information via the internet, as well as touring exhibitions and outreach education programmes, when planned redevelopment closes much of the museum complex.
Tumbling nice
Tumbling nice
Exhibitions team leader Jennifer Evans said the 9500 dominoes had been specially shipped from the United States for the museum's school holiday programme.
Redevelopment closes settlers museum archives
Redevelopment closes settlers museum archives
Most of the Otago Settlers Museum's archives section will be closed to the public until the museum's redevelopment is completed in late 2012, but the portrait photograph collection will remain available.
Report recommends change of Settlers Museum name
Report recommends change of Settlers Museum name
Some people were still getting mixed up about the Otago Settlers Museum's name, and a name change could be considered, museum director Linda Wigley said yesterday.
66,501 museum visitors
66,501 museum visitors
The Otago Settlers Museum attracted 66,501 visitors, exceeding the 60,000 annual target, in the past financial year ending on June 30, a museum report says.
Settling on a more inclusive approach
Settling on a more inclusive approach
These days the Otago Settlers Association and the Otago Settlers Museum are much more inclusive than they once were.
Emotional welcome greets settlers museum's director
Emotional welcome greets settlers museum's director
Tears were shed when the Otago Settlers Museum's new director, Linda Wigley, was formally "handed over" at a Dunedin ceremony yesterday by Northland Maori elders from Whangarei.
Staff concerns halt museum merger
Staff concerns halt museum merger
A merger of the Otago Museum and the Otago Settlers Museum appears to have foundered last year because of settlers museum staff concerns about the "culture" of the Otago Museum.
Chinese Garden boosts settlers museum visits
Chinese Garden boosts settlers museum visits
Visitors to Dunedin's $6.5 million Chinese Garden are continuing to boost total attendance figures at the Otago Settlers Museum.