OTAGO MUSEUM

PROGRAMMES DASHBOARD
2,877 1,690 1,187 1,741 71 7,356
total events paid events free events students attending
sleepovers
parties
students attending daytime
education programmes
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
The Programmes and Events team
continued to develop popular programmes
through collaboration with local and
national organisations.
These collaborations are a vital part of
building an outward-looking and inclusive
culture, and strengthening the Museum’s
relationships within Otago.
The Museum worked with the University
of Otago on a number of programmes. The
Flutter concert featured the worldwide debut
of a piece inspired by the Tropical Forest
from Mozart Fellow Jeremy Mayall, while
the Department of Botany supported the
reading of Jack’s Garden as part of the spring
storytelling series.
The Royal Society of New Zealand and
the Museum hosted free public talks from
national and international speakers. Forensic
pathologist Dr Phil Manning investigated the
link between dinosaurs and space shuttles,
Professor Atholl Anderson spoke about the
first great phase of oceanic colonisation as
detailed in his book Tangata Whenua: An
Illustrated History and Dr Martin Reyners
posed the question How do out tectonic
plates lock together?.
The free talk Aurora australis: beauty while
you sleep was moved to Foysyth Barr
Stadium due to public interest and a second
talk scheduled. Both talks were fully booked
with a total attendance of over 900.
Heritage New Zealand and the Museum
collaborated on a very successful lecture and
workshop series to complement the Heritage
Lost and Found: Our Changing Cityscape
exhibition. Local experts spoke on a variety of
topics, from conserving our built heritage to
researching your own home.
SURVIVING CHUNUK BAIR:
H D SKINNER AT GALLIPOLI
Former Otago Museum Director H D Skinner
was one of over 24,000 ANZAC soldiers
injured during the Gallipoli campaign in WWI.
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct
Medal for carrying an urgent message to
headquarters under heavy fire during the
Battle of Chunuk Bair.
The new Surviving Chunuk Bair:
H D Skinner at Gallipoli display will
immerse viewers in his experiences of
the battlefield through the items he used,
the images he collected, the medals he
received and the letters sent to friends
and family in New Zealand.
The display opens in the People of the World
Gallery on 7 August 2015.
Image: On loan from H D Skinner’s family
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