Snacks and drinks are … The Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre has over 45 hands-on interactives, including a giant DNA-inspired helical slide, and a three-tier tropical butterfly enclosure. This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC. Explore Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre at Otago Museum! There's also a planetarium ($12/7), which screens films on its 360-degree dome.. Led by qualified science educators, your child will discover the Universe in the Perpetual Guardian Planetarium, programme a robot, explore biology in the Tropical Forest, perform chemistry experiments, and lots more! Address: 419 Great King Street, Dunedin Open: daily 10am – 5pm (closed Christmas Day) Price: Entry into the Museum is free but Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre has a paid entrance fee as follows:. Guided tours depart from the information desk at 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm daily ($15 per person). We hope you can visit Tūhura Science Centre and the perpetual Guardian Planetarium again sometime! The Tūhura Otago Community Trust Science Centre (adult/child $15/10) boasts 45 hands-on interactive science displays, a Tropical Forest butterfly enclosure and a 7.5m-high double helix slide. Previous Next. View more reviews. See the most comprehensive collection of articulated moa skeletons in Southern Land, Southern People or explore the treasures of early Māori in Tāngata Whenua. Great entertainment for young and old. Visit Tūhura, our stunning new science engagement development. What a great renovation - the new science centre is a great asset, not just for Otago Museum but for the city. Sci-fi Fridays take place once a month in Otago Museum's Perpetual Guardian Planetarium. Your science centre admission ticket also provides access to the multi-screen, laser-activated, Beautiful Science gallery. Science Centre (including the rainforest) Adults $15, Kids (3-18 years) $10, Kids under 3 Free. Family pass (1A+3K) $41 or (2A+2K) $45. Seven free galleries showcase the fascinating and the unique, the biggest and the best. Thanks for visiting Otago Museum! Great to see family passes are available for a reasonable price. Come along to Tūhura Club at Otago Museum! Report response as inappropriate. In November 2016 we were contracted to design, develop and fabricate two-thirds of the new interactive exhibits for the TŪHURA Otago Community Trust Science Centre, the redevelopment of Otago Museum’s former Discovery World Tropical Forest. Visit Tūhura, New Zealand’s only fully interactive science centre – try out 45 hands-on exhibits, be awed in the planetarium, use laser beams to explore in the Beautiful Science Gallery and charmed by the butterflies in the Tropical Forest. Tūhura at Otago Museum is an excellent and effective example of a science communication space. 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