Otago Museum

The Otago Museum is in the heart of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located in Dunedin North, 1,500 meters northeast of the city center, next to the University of Otago campus. It is one of the city's main attractions and boasts one of New Zealand's greatest museum collections. Long-term gallery exhibits are built around natural science specimens and humanities artifacts from Otago, New Zealand, and throughout the world. The Museum's interactive science center offers a vast, realistic tropical butterfly rainforest experience. Local rnanga bestowed the name Thura, which means "to find, research, and explore", on the museum in February 2022, altering the official name to Thura Otago Museum.

The huge Special Exhibitions Gallery on Level 1 is the Museum's major display place for temporary exhibitions on a variety of topics. Temporary exhibitions are also presented in various areas of the Museum, including the People of the World gallery's Atrium end. Some shows are created in-house, while others travel from other parts of New Zealand or the world. Associations and partnerships with foreign museums have brought world-class exhibitions to Otago and expanded the reach of Otago Museum displays.

Location: 419 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

Website: otagomuseum.nz