The blog is where we'll post news, updates, information about objects in our collection, #betterworkstories, profiles of staff members and visitors, pictures and videos, and really anything we think you'd find interesting. We hope you enjoy.
If there's a topic you'd like us to do a post about, or a post that you think needs a sequel, just let us know!
Is it a horse? Is it a deer? Is it a sheep? Rhyta in the Classical Collections
Otago Museum has a number of drinking horns called rhyta. See if you can identify them all!
Here be monsters: Giant Squid from the Catlins
Dive into the history and mystery of the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) with On Lee Lau!
Research Insights – Q & A with Peter Hadden
I am a part-time postgraduate student in Auckland at the University of Auckland, Department of Ophthalmology, and also a practising ophthalmologist (eye surgeon)...
DECEMBER (HAKIHEA) SKY GUIDE
Welcome to the Sky Guide, your monthly guide to what's happening in the heavens!
Striking a Balance – Zoe
The Otago Museum Blog is being taken over by the student-creators of the exhibition Climate Change – Striking a Balance!
Striking a Balance is BACK
On New Year 2020, New Zealand woke up to an apocalyptic, mustard-coloured sky, and in the haze of bushfires, a sense of foreboding was felt by many around the country...
NOVEMBER (WHIRINGA-Ā-RANGI) SKY GUIDE
Welcome to the Sky Guide, your monthly guide to what's happening in the heavens!
World Cities Day
31 October has been designated as World Cities Day by the United Nations. The Day is expected to promote interest in urbanization.
The Travels of Tuna: New Zealand’s largest migrating fish
The story of New Zealand’s tuna actually begins and ends in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga...
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