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.
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Comedy on the High Seas
How does one find comedy in a shipwreck? Therein lies a tale linked to the prayer book on display in the Maritime gallery.
How Christian Dior Came to New Zealand
When it’s time for our bi-monthly Collections date with Dougal Stevenson, I always find myself in a state of panic about what to take.
Wave Your Legs in the Air: conserving an elbow crab
Conservation tackles a crab who has suffered some inadvertent amputations.
Tooth be or not tooth be?
Just like we do here at the Museum, the Otago Hospice shop occasionally gets strange items dropped off to them.
Ellen In Antarctica: Part I
Assistant Curator, Natural Science Ellen Sima is trading out the Otago Museum basement for the bottom of the world.
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