419 Great King Street
Dunedin's most visited attraction, the Otago Museum includes Discovery World a wonderful hands on science centre for kids. . Look at the website to see why a visit can be a rewarding experience. The museum has been an award winner for culture and heritage tourism.
SciCity is an interactive website which allows visitors to explore 3D environments as a customisable avatar, explore educative environments, produce movies of their adventures and broadcast these discoveries for others to watch.
An exciting, new part of Discovery World - for adults as well as children - is the tropical forest, home to over 500 species of butterflies and moths. The forest has over 100 species of tropical shrubs and plants and is also home to turtles, fish and tarantulas.. You can also see the whole lifecycle of the butterflies with caterpillars hatching in the Breeding Room.
Temperature about 28 degrees
Entrance fee.
Follow the podcast link for an interview by the Museum Detective (Joanna Cobley) with the Curator of Humanities, Dimitri Anson.
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Dunedin DayOut
The Museum & Discovery World
