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Otago Museum

Phone: (0)3 474 7474

Websites:

Hours Open:

Weekdays: 10am–5pm
Weekends: 10am–5pm
April Fools: 10am–5pm
Good Friday: 10am–5pm
Holy Saturday: 10am–5pm
Easter Day: 10am–5pm
Easter Monday: 10am–5pm
ANZAC Day: 10am–5pm
ANZAC Day observed: 10am–5pm
Mother's Day: 10am–5pm
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Amenities: Wheelchair Access, Toilets, Food Available, Guided Tours Available, Gift Shop

Suitable for Ages: Families

Ticket Information:

Admission: Free

Ignite your interest and inspire your mind at Otago Museum! Explore outstanding collections and discover great stories from Otago, New Zealand and the world as you venture through a tempting variety of exhibitions.

Visit Tūhura, our stunning science engagement development. The Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre has over 45 hands-on interactives, including a giant DNA-inspired helical slide, and a three-tier tropical butterfly enclosure.

Take some time out during your visit to enjoy something fresh and delicious from the Museum Café with a menu that caters for everyone in the family. Then take home a memento – you’ll find a great range of gift ideas from crafts and jewellery to children’s toys in the Museum Shop.

Note : Museum is only CLOSED on Christmas Day.

Upcoming events at Otago Museum

Museum of Broken Relationships

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Today 10:00am – more dates / Contemporary Art
Flying Monsters

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Today 3:30pm – more dates / Film
Yoga for Wellness

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Tomorrow 5:45pm – more dates / Mind & Body
Fighting the Stigma with Richie Hardcore

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Thu 20 Feb 5:30pm / Public Talks & Tours
Late Night Planetarium

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Thu 20 Feb 7:00pm – more dates / Film
Inception - Sci-fi Friday

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Fri 21 Feb 7:00pm / Film
We Are Aliens 3D

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Sat 22 Feb 11:30am – more dates / Film
Flagstaff Community Choir

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Sun 23 Feb 1:00pm / Variety Concerts
Get Mortgage-free & Retirement Ready In 10years Or Less

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Tue 25 Feb 12:30pm – more dates / Public Talks & Tours
The Physiology of Love and Grief

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Thu 27 Feb 5:30pm / Public Talks & Tours
Children's Day

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Sun 1 Mar 1:00pm / Children, Kids, Holidays
Shark Spy

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Thu 5 Mar 5:30pm / Public Talks & Tours
Gravity – Sci-fi Friday

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Fri 13 Mar 7:00pm / Film
Lovingly Broken Mosaic Workshop

Otago Museum, Dunedin, Otago

Sat 14 Mar 9:00am / Mind & Body

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Past events at Otago Museum

James Cameron – Challenging the Deep

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019 – Sun 9 Feb 2020
Sea-scapades

Otago Museum, Tue 14 Jan 2020 – Wed 15 Jan 2020
The St Kilda Tongan Methodist Choir and Youth Choir

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Dec 2019
Philip Fleming

Otago Museum, Sun 26 Jan 2020
Yoga With the Butterflies

Otago Museum, Wed 29 Jan 2020
DIY Keep Cup Workshop

Otago Museum, Mon 16 Dec 2019 – Tue 17 Dec 2019
Mysterious Moa Makerspace

Otago Museum, Mon 20 Jan 2020 – Fri 24 Jan 2020
Pixar's Up in the Planetarium

Otago Museum, Sat 18 Jan 2020
Ice Age

Otago Museum, Sun 12 Jan 2020
Science Under the Ice

Otago Museum, Thu 30 Jan 2020
Amazing Universe 3D

Otago Museum, Thu 26 Dec 2019 – Sun 26 Jan 2020
Picking Up the Pieces - Panel Discussion

Otago Museum, Sun 2 Feb 2020
Chinese New Year

Otago Museum, Sat 25 Jan 2020
Valentine's Under the Stars: CANCELLED

Otago Museum, Sat 15 Feb 2020
STEM Women in Action

Otago Museum, Tue 11 Feb 2020
The Foxy Tones

Otago Museum, Sun 15 Dec 2019
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Otago Museum, Sat 14 Dec 2019
Inside the Nobel

Otago Museum, Tue 10 Dec 2019
Aliens – Cameron Collection

Otago Museum, Thu 5 Dec 2019
Pockets of History

Otago Museum, Tue 3 Dec 2019
Dare To Be Wise

Otago Museum, Thu 6 Jun 2019 – Sun 24 Nov 2019
BWB Talks: Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World

Otago Museum, Sat 23 Nov 2019
Reducing Our Household Rubbish: The Zero Waste Approach

Otago Museum, Tue 19 Nov 2019
Changing the Way We Live in Our World

Otago Museum, Sun 17 Nov 2019
Beach Clean-Up

Otago Museum, Sat 16 Nov 2019
Dressing for the Crossing of the Titanic

Otago Museum, Tue 12 Nov 2019
Interstellar – Sci-fi Friday

Otago Museum, Fri 8 Nov 2019
Mercury Rising – Expert Speaker Roadshow

Otago Museum, Tue 5 Nov 2019
Malo Ni

Otago Museum, Sat 2 Nov 2019
The Nightmare Before Christmas

Otago Museum, Thu 31 Oct 2019
The World At Night

Otago Museum, Mon 28 Oct 2019
The Sky Tonight – Baby On Board

Otago Museum, Wed 23 Oct 2019
Choosing Antarctica's Future

Otago Museum, Sat 19 Oct 2019
Moriori: Old Myths, New Research

Otago Museum, Thu 17 Oct 2019
Ocean Explorers' Gallery Trail

Otago Museum, Sat 28 Sep 2019 – Sun 13 Oct 2019
Explorers' Club

Otago Museum, Mon 30 Sep 2019 – Fri 11 Oct 2019
Treasure Planet

Otago Museum, Fri 11 Oct 2019
Crazy Critters

Otago Museum, Wed 9 Oct 2019
Spacetronauts

Otago Museum, Sat 28 Sep 2019 – Sun 6 Oct 2019
Titanic – Cameron Collection

Otago Museum, Thu 3 Oct 2019
Equinox Under the Stars

Otago Museum, Mon 23 Sep 2019
Weaving With the Multicultural Weavers Association

Otago Museum, Sun 22 Sep 2019
Tivaivai Demonstration

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Sep 2019
Set F.I.R.E to Your Mortgage with Hannah McQueen

Otago Museum, Thu 19 Sep 2019
Baby on Board - Capcom GO! An Apollo Story (3D)

Otago Museum, Wed 18 Sep 2019
Arts and Culture in Ōtepoti

Otago Museum, Tue 17 Sep 2019
Gattaca – Sci-fi Friday

Otago Museum, Fri 13 Sep 2019
Loss, Grief and Healing Seminar with Sue

Otago Museum, Tue 10 Sep 2019
Terminator Double Feature

Otago Museum, Thu 5 Sep 2019
New Zealand Sea Lions of Stewart Island

Otago Museum, Tue 3 Sep 2019
Fools and Dreamers – Film Screening

Otago Museum, Fri 30 Aug 2019
Dunedin Rock Choir

Otago Museum, Sun 25 Aug 2019
Scarfie Flats: Hidden Depths

Otago Museum, Thu 22 Aug 2019
OM Friends – In Focus

Otago Museum, Tue 20 Aug 2019
Autistic Identity in Art

Otago Museum, Sun 18 Aug 2019
Internet and Gaming: Insights and Safety

Otago Museum, Sun 18 Aug 2019
Space Rock Symphony

Otago Museum, Thu 15 Aug 2019
Quiet Hour

Otago Museum, Sat 10 Aug 2019 – Sun 11 Aug 2019
Blade Runner

Otago Museum, Fri 9 Aug 2019
The Flynn Effect

Otago Museum, Wed 7 Aug 2019
Fools and Dreamers

Otago Museum, Sat 3 Aug 2019
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019 – Sun 28 Jul 2019
Mauri

Otago Museum, Sat 27 Jul 2019
Late Night Planetarium

Otago Museum, Thu 25 Jul 2019
The Ocean Explorers' Trail

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Our Climate: Change and Choice

Otago Museum, Sat 6 Jul 2019 – Sun 21 Jul 2019
Capcom Go! The Apollo Story 3D

Otago Museum, Sat 6 Jul 2019 – Sat 20 Jul 2019
Challenging the Deep – Family Day

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Imaging Aotearoa's Seafloor

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Under Pressure: Making The Abyss

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Explorers' Club

Otago Museum, Mon 8 Jul 2019 – Fri 19 Jul 2019
OM Friends – In Focus

Otago Museum, Tue 16 Jul 2019
Plastic Free July DCC Programme - A Plastic Ocean

Otago Museum, Mon 15 Jul 2019
Investigating Supersymmetry

Otago Museum, Mon 15 Jul 2019
Plastic Free July DCC Programme - Clean-up Bag Workshop

Otago Museum, Wed 10 Jul 2019

The Abyss

Otago Museum, Thu 6 Feb 2020
No Rain, No Rainforest

Otago Museum, Sat 14 Dec 2019 – Sun 26 Jan 2020
City Choir

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Dec 2019
Explorers' Club January 2020

Otago Museum, Mon 13 Jan 2020 – Fri 24 Jan 2020
Love Actually

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Dec 2019
Ōtepoti Theatre Lab: Dive Into Writing

Otago Museum, Sat 18 Jan 2020
Museum of Broken Relationships Artist Talk

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Dec 2019
The Matrix – Sci-fi Friday

Otago Museum, Fri 10 Jan 2020
The Science of Fire and Fireworks

Otago Museum, Tue 31 Dec 2019
Find Your Feet – Gallery Trail

Otago Museum, Sat 14 Dec 2019 – Sun 26 Jan 2020
Purposefully Broken Mosaic Demonstration

Otago Museum, Sat 1 Feb 2020
Legal Sound Bites

Otago Museum, Thu 16 Jan 2020
Looking Back to Inform Our Future

Otago Museum, Mon 3 Feb 2020
UnValentine's Day

Otago Museum, Fri 14 Feb 2020
Dunedin Harmony Chorus and Highland Harmony

Otago Museum, Sun 15 Dec 2019
Cantores Choir

Otago Museum, Sat 14 Dec 2019
Enabling Love Coffee Club

Otago Museum, Thu 28 Nov 2019 – Thu 12 Dec 2019
Baby On Board – Christmas Mysteries

Otago Museum, Mon 9 Dec 2019
Eavesdropping Underwater with NIWA

Otago Museum, Thu 5 Dec 2019
Deep-Sea Coral in New Zealand Waters

Otago Museum, Wed 27 Nov 2019
Tu Tu Tango

Otago Museum, Sun 24 Nov 2019
Reliving Scarfies

Otago Museum, Fri 22 Nov 2019
Reducing Our Household Rubbish: The Zero Waste Approach

Otago Museum, Tue 19 Nov 2019
Challenging the Deep – Family Day

Otago Museum, Sun 17 Nov 2019
In Conversation with James Cameron – The Life of an Explorer

Otago Museum, Sat 16 Nov 2019
Transit of Mercury – Special Live Show

Otago Museum, Mon 11 Nov 2019
True Lies – Cameron Collection

Otago Museum, Thu 7 Nov 2019
Mercury Rising Speaking Tour

Otago Museum, Tue 5 Nov 2019
Museum of Broken Relationships – Submissions Wanted

Otago Museum, Wed 25 Sep 2019 – Fri 1 Nov 2019
Leopard Seals in Our Waters

Otago Museum, Tue 29 Oct 2019
Diwali at Otago Museum

Otago Museum, Sat 26 Oct 2019
Confronting Climate Change

Otago Museum, Tue 22 Oct 2019
Customary Māori Tool and Weapon Demonstration

Otago Museum, Fri 18 Oct 2019
We Are Stars 3D

Otago Museum, Sat 28 Sep 2019 – Sun 13 Oct 2019
No Rain, No Rainforest

Otago Museum, Sat 28 Sep 2019 – Sun 13 Oct 2019
All About the Sea Makerspace

Otago Museum, Mon 7 Oct 2019 – Fri 11 Oct 2019
Men in Black

Otago Museum, Fri 11 Oct 2019
Pacific Patterns Makerspace

Otago Museum, Mon 30 Sep 2019 – Sun 6 Oct 2019
Moana

Otago Museum, Sat 5 Oct 2019
Bare Essentials

Otago Museum, Sun 29 Sep 2019
50 Years of Conservation Week: Conservation Exhibition

Otago Museum, Mon 16 Sep 2019 – Sun 22 Sep 2019
Moana

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Sep 2019
Pasifika Vibes

Otago Museum, Sat 21 Sep 2019
The Oceans and Climate Change

Otago Museum, Wed 18 Sep 2019
OM Friends – In Focus

Otago Museum, Tue 17 Sep 2019
New Zealand Brain Tumour Trust Launch

Otago Museum, Fri 13 Sep 2019
The Egypt of the Pharaohs

Otago Museum, Wed 11 Sep 2019
Late Night Planetarium

Otago Museum, Sat 7 Sep 2019
Yoga With the Butterflies

Otago Museum, Wed 4 Sep 2019
Scarfie Flats Walking Tour

Otago Museum, Sun 1 Sep 2019
Spacetronauts – Baby on Board

Otago Museum, Tue 27 Aug 2019
Movies for Kids

Otago Museum, Sat 24 Aug 2019
What's Hot

Otago Museum, Tue 20 Aug 2019
iNDx

Otago Museum, Sat 3 Aug 2019 – Sun 18 Aug 2019
Inhale, Exhale, Breathe

Otago Museum, Sun 18 Aug 2019
Moonlight Meditation

Otago Museum, Fri 16 Aug 2019
A Conversation on Autism

Otago Museum, Wed 14 Aug 2019
Late Night Planetarium

Otago Museum, Sun 11 Aug 2019
Frozen Oceans

Otago Museum, Thu 8 Aug 2019
Quiet Hour

Otago Museum, Sat 3 Aug 2019 – Sun 4 Aug 2019
The Cameron Collection: Avatar

Otago Museum, Thu 1 Aug 2019
Opera Here

Otago Museum, Sun 28 Jul 2019
Plastic Free July DCC Programme - Straws Film Screening

Otago Museum, Fri 26 Jul 2019
Mahika Kai

Otago Museum, Sat 29 Jun 2019 – Sun 21 Jul 2019
Ocean Explorers' Makerspace

Otago Museum, Mon 15 Jul 2019 – Sun 21 Jul 2019
Voyaging to The Ice

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Watching the Seaweed

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Roaming Robots

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Aliens of The Deep

Otago Museum, Sun 21 Jul 2019
Puaka Matariki Gallery Trail

Otago Museum, Sat 6 Jul 2019 – Sat 20 Jul 2019
The Land Before Time

Otago Museum, Thu 18 Jul 2019
Southern Ocean Secrets

Otago Museum, Tue 16 Jul 2019
Kōrero Pono

Otago Museum, Tue 9 Jul 2019 – Mon 15 Jul 2019
Matariki Makerspace

Otago Museum, Mon 8 Jul 2019 – Fri 12 Jul 2019
Plastic Free July DCC Programme - Bag It Film Screening

Otago Museum, Wed 10 Jul 2019

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