Tūhura Otago Museum

Showcasing 7 free galleries, Tūhura (NZ's largest Science Centre), Planetarium, a tropical forest, and more!

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Voting for Bird of the Year is NOW OPEN! 📷📷
Hoiho, one of the world’s rarest penguins, needs your vote! With only 131 breeding pairs left on mainland NZ, it’s time to act.
VOTE HOIHO and help save this precious penguin!
https://t.co/acFrnE2WtO
#VoteHoiho @Forest_and_Bird

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The ODT profiled our #ancientDNA research on the extinct miuweka Auckland Island merganser. Thanks, @OtagoMuseum @KaneFleury for the short-notice TV & photo shoot.

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It's #AskAConservator Day! Send our object conservators some questions and they'll answer them today! 🖌️🐤

#AskAConservator @NZ_Conservators

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From 23 degrees yesterday to snow today! #DunnerStunner

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9/26 Godspeed UQ!
At 237 days old UQ chick fledged yesterday morning. He had moved further down the hill over weekend and was also supplementary fed on Sunday. Sharyn said he was looking in good condition for fledging.

Upper Quarry UQ chick KD40 Sept 23.
https://t.co/9A481yArCu

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Our Director Ian Griffin had his photo chosen as the @NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day earlier this week! This photo is the result of a pinhole camera's shutter briefly opened each clear day for a year tracking the sun's position. #DunedinNZ #astronomy

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The New York Metropolitan #Museum of Art is home to thousands of amazing exhibits. One of the most stunning is a jade #Olmec face dating back 3000 years.
https://t.co/zm7hCqx474

[ISS Above @ISSAboveYou]

Kia Ora Aotearoa New Zealand. I'm sure you all recognize where this is from after the first few seconds of the view. This is the most northern part of Te Ika-a-Māui / North Island at 1:18 PM today.
Sep 19, 2023 @MetService

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We are proud to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week! This year focuses on the five ways to wellbeing: me whakawhanaunga (connect), tukua (give), me aro tonu (take notice), me ako tonu (keep learning), and me kori tonu (be active).

See schedule: https://t.co/UYxWcoKxEv

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We are proud to welcome Māori astronomer Victoria Campbell has joined the Tūhura Otago Museum whanau and we couldn’t be more excited!

Tūhura is going to be the base for her new project researching and developing educational resources on Kāi Tahu knowledge of astronomy.

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The wonderful Katherine and our awesome front-of-house team have been busy this year creating compost bins for the Museum. Ensuring we’re less wasteful, and we can create some amazing nutrients for nature surrounding the Museum.

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This beautiful Indo-Persian powder flask (barutdan) can be found in our People of the World Gallery.
This would have been used to carry powder for muzzle-loading guns. When you’re next in, it’s a must-see📷

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Congratulations Football Ferns! A momentous win for New Zealand 🇳🇿

[FIFA Women's World Cup @FIFAWWC]

An unforgettable night for @NZ_Football as they earn their first-ever #FIFAWWC win in front of a record crowd! 🥹🇳🇿

#BeyondGreatness

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Mānawatia a Matariki! Happy Māori new year to all our whānau across Aotearoa. This morning we held a dawn ceremony to celebrate accompanied by a waiata and kappa Hakan performance by He Waka Kotuia.

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📢📢 Almost one week until our Matariki Ahuka Nui Dawn Ceremony! You're invited to a morning of karakia, waiata, self-reflection, and a free community breakfast. Free entry from 6.45am, Friday 14 July.

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Be the first in Aotearoa to celebrate 50 years of Pink Floyd's famous The Dark Side of the Moon album in this incredible and immersive experience in Tūhura Otago Museum’s 360-degree Planetarium!

7pm, & 8pm Thursday 22 June
$59 per person

https://t.co/se31DypPni

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From the collection today: https://t.co/SAvX0LAZ0X

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From the collection today: https://t.co/6J9C0XdNKu

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From the collection today: https://t.co/h0j7CBNhlc