|
Adventurer's Backpack |
 |
|
Love the Museum’s Explorer Backpacks?
You’ll go wild over our new take-home Adventurer’s Backpack, guaranteed to keep your child busy on rainy and sunny days. Create an ancient oil lamp, make an exotic Egyptian death mask or fashion your very own fossils. The Adventurer’s Backpack is chock-full of awesome activity cards and materials sure to unleash young imaginations! |
|
| Admission fee |
|
$45 |
| Location |
|
Search Centre |
|
| |
|
|
First Flight: Daily Butterfly Release |
 |
|
Ever witnessed the first flight of a butterfly? Here is your chance!
Be there for that special moment and help release the young butterflies to take flight in the Tropical Forest. Join us every morning to learn about the amazing transformation butterflies go through before they can finally fly! |
|
| Starts |
|
Saturday 04-Jul-2009 to 31-Dec-2010 at 10:30 am |
| Admission fee |
|
FREE with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission |
| Location |
|
Tropical Forest |
|
| |
|
|
Creators’ Club Term 4: Model Mania |
 |
Model making gone mad! Check out the Museum's amazing models and try your hand at creating your own. From awesome Pacific outrigger canoes to village huts - or even entire islands! Scale things up to make giant bugs or down to make a miniature Colosseum.
EVERY Wednesday from 21 October – 9 December, 3.30pm - 5pm
Animal Models 2
Create an 'environment' for your model animal to live in - using a shoebox and some imagination!
Wednesday 11 November
Modelling the Land 1
Using the Mapoutahi Pa in Tangata Whenua as inspiration, begin creating your own pa site - or even an island!
Wednesday 18 November
Modelling the Land 2
Phew! Building landforms takes a lot of work. Complete your model pa or island today.
Wednesday 25 November
Ancient Architecture 1
From the Colosseum of Rome to Egyptian 'soul houses', draw inspiration from ancient architecture! Using clay, straw and sand, construct a magnificent dwelling.
Wednesday 2 December
Ancient Architecture 2
Finish your ancient architecture-inspired model and celebrate all we have created with a mini club 'exhibition' - complete with an opening party!
Wednesday 9 December |
|
| Starts |
|
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009 to 09-Dec-2009 at 3:30 pm |
| Admission fee |
|
$10 per session or $65 for all 8 sessions
Suitable for ages 7-12
Tickets available at the Information Desk – ph 474 7474 |
| Location |
|
Meet at the Information Desk |
|
| |
|
|
RoboClub Term 4: Archaic Machines |
 |
Take technology back in time! Programme your robot to build ancient machines and compete in classical contests.
EVERY Wednesday from 21 October – 9 December, 3.30pm – 5pm |
|
| Starts |
|
Wednesday 21-Oct-2009 to 09-Dec-2009 at 3:30 pm |
| Admission fee |
|
$10 per session or $65 for all 8 sessions
Suitable for ages 8-15
Tickets available at the Information Desk - ph 474 7474 |
| Location |
|
Meet at the Information Desk |
|
| |
|
|
Interactive Trolley: The Earth's Riches |
 |
|
From opalescent gemstones to mesmerising gold, humans have always been fascinated by the treasures of the Earth. Become a 'mineral Olympian' and put our samples through their paces. From weightlifting to streak tests, find out who tops the mineral hardness scale as you discover the techniques geologists use to identify minerals.
EVERY Saturday and Sunday during November, 12pm and 3.30pm |
|
| Starts |
|
Sunday 01-Nov-2009 to 30-Nov-2009 |
| Admission fee |
|
FREE! |
| Location |
|
Atrium Level 1 |
|
| |
|
|
Search Centre Programme - Origami: the art of folding paper |
 |
|
The ancient Japanese art of origami is rich in etiquette, stories and symbolism, and important in Japanese culture. This is your chance to 'join the fold' and create some of origami's most iconic shapes.
EVERY Saturday and Sunday during November and December
DAILY during the school holidays
2.30pm, FREE! |
|
| Starts |
|
Sunday 01-Nov-2009 to 31-Dec-2009 at 2:30 pm |
| Admission fee |
|
FREE! |
| Location |
|
Search Centre, Level 1 |
|
| |
|
|
StART Workshops: Get Crafty |
 |
|
StART Workshops: Felted fabrics, wools and buttons
Need a creative outlet? Wondering where to start? Get some inspiration from the history and collections at the Otago Museum.
Each session begins with a special background intro tour. You'll view gems from the collections and find out about their history and the industry behind them. Freshly full of inspiration, you'll be introduced to handcrafts in the workshop session, from funky felts to button jewellery and hot stitches of knitting.
A great chance to get crafty before Christmas!
EVERY Saturday from 7 November to 28 November
1pm - 3.30pm, Atrium Level 2
$12 per session or $20 for a module of 2 sessions
Bookings essential - tickets available at the Information Desk.
Includes all materials
What to StART with?
MODULE 2: Felt, fantastic fabrics and creative critters
Felt animal critters
Intro: Check out a selection of items inside the Museum Conservation Lab - including felt stuffed toys from the 1940s and 1950s.
Workshop: Draw on the Otago Museum's soft and furry animals in the Animal Attic to create your own unique felt critter.
Saturday 21 November
Fabulous felting
Intro: Visit the Nature Gallery to collect inspiration in shapes and patterns of nature and check out felted collections on display elsewhere in the Museum.
Workshop: Let your imagination run wild, drawing on the shapes and textures in nature as inspiration, find out how to felt and make your own themed funky felt brooch.
Saturday 28 November |
|
| Starts |
|
Saturday 07-Nov-2009 to 28-Nov-2009 at 1:00 pm |
| Admission fee |
|
$12 per session or $20 per module
Bookings essential - tickets available at the Information Desk, ph 474 7474
Suitable for all ages and includes all materials! |
| Location |
|
Atrium Level 2 |
|
| |
|
|
Behind the Scenes Tours |
 |
Collection care is a vital part of what museums do. These behind-the-scenes tours are your chance to discover two very different kinds of collections and how they are looked after. Explore the collections store area at the Otago Museum and the University of Otago Anatomy Museum.
PART TWO: University of Otago Anatomy Museum
Join Collection Curator Chris Smith to explore this unique anatomical collection and learn about the specialised ways it is preserved and cared for.
Tuesday 24 November, 7pm, FREE!
Meet at the Otago Museum Information Desk
|
|
| Starts |
|
Tuesday 24-Nov-2009 at 7:00 pm |
| Admission fee |
|
FREE! |
| Location |
|
Meet at the Information Desk |
|
| |
|
|
Lunchtime Music - November |
 |
Friday 27 November
Kathryn Roy provides a musical mixture of jazz, Broadway and classical tunes on piano
Saturday 28 November
Yuri Sim makes her debut with a collection of polished piano pieces
|
|
| Starts |
|
Friday 27-Nov-2009 to 28-Nov-2009 at 12:00 pm |
| Admission fee |
|
FREE! |
| Location |
|
Atrium Ground Floor |
|
| |
|
