Tūhura Otago Museum
Animal Attic
Tāngata Whenua Gallery
The world’s most comprehensive display of articulated moa skeletons
Southern Land, Southern People Gallery
Pacific Cultures Gallery
One of only three complete Haast’s eagle skeletons in museum collections worldwide
Two of only a few moa eggs that exist in the world
People of the World Gallery
Dunedin's Best Gift Shop
419 Great King Street, Dunedin Central, New Zealand.
For 150 years we have been sharing our world-class collection of over 1.5 million objects, telling stories of nature, culture and science. We are home to a range of free galleries and the only bicultural science centre in the world.
For 150 years we have been sharing our world-class collection of over 1.5 million objects, telling stories of nature, culture and science. We are home to a range of free galleries and the only bicultural science centre in the world.
Tūhura Otago Museum
Animal Attic
Tāngata Whenua Gallery
The world’s most comprehensive display of articulated moa skeletons
Southern Land, Southern People Gallery
Pacific Cultures Gallery
One of only three complete Haast’s eagle skeletons in museum collections worldwide
Two of only a few moa eggs that exist in the world
People of the World Gallery
Dunedin's Best Gift Shop
Entry to the museum is by donation, with guided tours available for a fee. Please note that admission charges apply for the Science Centre, the Planetarium, and occasional ticketed travelling exhibitions, such as the upcoming Relics LEGO exhibition in December 2024.
24 hours before.
Seven free galleries showcase the fascinating and the unique, the biggest and the best. Catch a glimpse of daily life in an early Southern Māori coastal village, see our comprehensive collection of articulated moa skeletons - the largest in the world - or marvel at our Egyptian mummy and New Zealand’s largest fossil, a plesiosaur. Discover various world currencies from gold to feathers and coins, and step back in time to the Victorian Animal Attic to explore this captivating cabinet of curiosities. Tūhura Otago Museum is a Dunedin must-do.
419 Great King Street, Dunedin Central, New Zealand.
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