OTAGO MUSEUM

ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY
OUTCOMES INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MEASURES ACHIEVED OR NOT ACHIEVED
PERFORMANCE STATUS
ACHIEVED:
Off-site: DOC collaboration on
UrbanNature campaign
Off-site learning experiences included:
• Interpretive panels conceived by DOC and created by the Otago Museum Design team were
unveiled along Portsmouth Drive as part of the UrbanNature campaign in August 2015.
ACHIEVED :
Online: new website and blog
in development for 2015/16
Online activities included the following:
• The development of the new Museum website is underway. A web development company
has been appointed to design a website that will inform and engage, and lead users to social
media and blogs associated with the site.
We will
partner,
support and
engage with
the
communities
of the Otago
region.
Maintain and develop
partnership links with regional
institutions including, but not
limited to: the three regional
museums, North Otago, South
Otago and Central Stories; the
University of Otago; Otago
Polytechnic; Toitū Otago
Settlers Museum; Dunedin
Public Art Gallery; Olveston
Historic Home; Royal Society of
New Zealand; Otago Institute
and our four local rūnaka
Evidence of working with Otago’s
communities
ACHIEVED:
Relationships developed and
maintained across all targeted
institutions: North Otago,
South Otago and Central
Stories Museums; the
University of Otago; Otago
Polytechnic; Toitū Otago
Settlers Museum; Dunedin
Public Art Gallery; Olveston
Historic Home; Royal Society of
New Zealand; Otago Institute
and four local rūnaka
The staff and executive team have worked closely with many of Otago’s institutions as demonstrated
below:
• North Otago Museum, Central Stories Museum, Olveston Historic Home – free
conservation services/consultancy has been offered for up to 40 hours per year as part of
our outreach program.
• South Otago Museum – the Museum team assisted with the installation of the Never a
Week Goes By exhibition at the Dunedin Railway Station http://ww100.govt.nz/'never-aweek-goes-by'-exhibition.
• Free conservation services and consultancy have been offered for up to 40 hours per year as
part of our outreach program.
• University of Otago – collaborations are underway with the Centre of Science
Communication; the Museum is delivering education outreach for the Dodd-Walls Centre of
Photonics and Quantum Technologies; Genetics Otago – Lab in a Box project.
• Otago Polytechnic – collaboration on the Who Cared? Otago Nurses in WWI exhibition
opening September 2015.
• Toitū Otago Settlers Museum – co-hosted the Museums Aotearoa conference in May 2015.
Provided conservation assistance. Loaned kurī dog specimen for the Toitū Cats and Dogs
exhibition
• Dunedin Public Art Gallery – co-hosted the Museums Aotearoa conference in May 2015.
• Olveston Historic Home – developed a special guided tour for inclusion in the Heritage
Festival Open Dunedin strand coordinated by Olveston Historic Home.
• Royal Society of New Zealand – the Museum is part of the national Royal Society’s speaker
circuit.
• Otago Institute – the local branch of the Royal Society regularly stages talks and events at
the Museum.
• Hokonui, Moeraki, Ōtākou and Puketeraki – as well as all four rūnaka being represented on
the Māori Advisory Committee, which meets every two months, the Museum is working
closely with wāhine from the rūnaka in the development of the Hākui: Women of Kāi Tahu
exhibition, to open 19 November 2015.
• One of the major highlights of the Museums Aotearoa 2015 conference in May 2015 was
the opening sessions held at the Ōtākou Marae.
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