NORTH OTAGO MUSEUM

The Museum has a history courting lower back to 1863 with the establishment of a committee to collect ‘district material’ for the Great Colonial Exhibition of 1865 in Dunedin. Further severe amassing didn’t occur once more till 1882 while nearby architect and engineer Thomas Forrester turned into appointed Curator of the Museum of the Oamaru Mechanic’s Institute. The Mechanic’s Institute at the beginning shaped in 1864.

The Museum’s fortunes fluctuated over the following years. In 1951 George Meek’s series of ‘colonial famous’ fashioned the basis of the Pioneer Gallery within the Old Oamaru Courthouse and in 1975 the Museum opened on its modern web page the 1882 Athenaeum constructing. To discover greater approximately the history of the Museum, visit our Blog pages. The North Otago Museum is funded by way of the Waitaki District Council. Admission is unfastened. Gallery fees and charges may be determined right here.