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INTRODUCING OUR FRONT OF HOUSE TEAM: Q & A WITH THE FACE(S) OF OTAGO MUSEUM
Introducing Front of House Officer Emily, who has been welcoming visitors to Otago Museum and inspiring them with her passion for Anthropology for the last two years.
The opening of Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre
After four years of planning and five months of construction, Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre is nearing completion, with the doors set to open to the public on Saturday 16 December at 10am.
The Future of Science Engagement – A Practitioner Perspective
Join Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize recipients, Dr Michelle Dickinson MNZM – aka Nanogirl – and Dr Ian Griffin, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Science Advisor Professor Hamish Spencer, together with science engagement leaders Dr Barbara Anderson (Ahi Pepe MothNet) and Professor Peter Dearden (Lab in a Box) to discuss the future of science engagement in New Zealand. Chaired by Dr Victoria Metcalf (National Coordinator, Participatory Science Platform) the panel reflects on their experiences of connecting and inspiring the public with science, and the challenges and opportunities looking forward.
A recipe for mice – life before microscopes
Here Science Communicator Claire Concannon continues our series introducing the science associated with some of the exciting new interactives in the soon-to-open Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre.
The eye of the storm
Here’s the latest instalment in our series introducing the science associated with some of the exciting new interactives in the soon-to-open Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre. Living Environments Communicator Eden Gray explains the inner workings of tornadoes.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were swept up into the eye of a tornado?
The Month Ahead @ OM: November
The end of the year is looming fast and November offers a great chance to get to the Museum for some of our special happenings before things get really busy!
The Museum’s highlight of the year continues: our popular Life before Dinosaurs: Permian Monsters from Gondwana Studios is wowing visitors with its life-size animatronics, fossil dig-pits and stunning artwork that offers a glimpse into the deep past. Special Exhibitions Gallery. Paid admission.
2018 Otago Wildlife Photography Competition
The 19th annual Otago Wildlife Photography Competition opens for entries from Otago residents on Monday 13 November 2017.
Open to all amateur photographers and videographers living in Otago, the 2018 competition is once again open for submissions across Animal, Plant, Human Impact on the Environment, Pets, and Night Skies photo categories, as well as the Wildlife in Action video category.
Supported by Jonathan’s Photo Warehouse, Canon, and the Otago Daily Times, the competition is a stage to showcase your creative talent behind the lens as you explore the natural world.
The overall photography winner will receive a Canon EOS 77D 18-135 kit, worth $2,299, with the individual photography category winners and highly commended entries being awarded vouchers from Jonathan’s Photo Warehouse. The video category winner will receive a GoPro camera.
INTRODUCING OUR FRONT OF HOUSE TEAM: Q & A WITH THE FACE(S) OF OTAGO MUSEUM
Meet Weekend Supervisor and Front of House Officer Steven, who has been giving Otago Museum visitors a warm welcome since he joined the Museum a year ago.
Facial reconstruction of an Egyptian mummy
How did this mummy end up in Otago Museum? Over 100 years ago, in 1894, the Otago Museum received an Egyptian mummy. We don’t know much about its provenance, except that Bendix Hallenstein, one of the Museum’s early benefactors, bought it for the Museum from the German Consul in Luxor, Egypt. He was told that it had come from within Thebes, the ancient city that Luxor was built around. Who was the mummy? The hieroglyphics on the outside of the coffin tell us little about who this person was. From radiology images obtained by scanning her body in the year 2000, we know that she was an elderly woman. It is...
Egyptian mummy press release
Press release for the facial reconstruction of resident Egyptian mummy
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