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The Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery
Open today: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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This astonishing Museum will stay with you always

If you like viewing jaw-dropping artefacts, experiencing extraordinary and beautiful sculptures... read more

Reviewed 1 week ago
Roam26496446482
A truly unique experience

This is my favourite place in Dunedin, and the best museum I have visited probably ever! Natural... read more

Reviewed 4 weeks ago
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Reviewed 20 August 2023 via mobile

A great museum with an incredible collection. So interesting and our teenage kids also enjoyed reading about all the different artefacts. Bruce is very happy to answer any questions you have. Also impressed with Bruce's own art throughout the museum. Would definitely recommend as somewhere to visit.

Date of experience: August 2023
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Reviewed 22 June 2023

As kids, we all want to get behind the doors of the museum, right? Here's your chance. Museum curator, artist, activist and musician Bruce Mahalski has curated a wonderfully quirky, inspired, informative collection, and he's there to guide you through it. It's just like being let loose in the stores of a civic museum—perhaps better. My visit included self-guided time followed by Bruce's own tour of objects, most of which I hadn't properly looked at. He knows the collection inside and out. It was terrific fun. Disclaimer: I contributed some writing to the book about his incredible bone art, which is also on display. I highly recommend checking that out—both the art and the book. The thinking behind his work and the museum is deep and thorough. I highly recommend a visit.

Date of experience: December 2022
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Reviewed 19 June 2023

Fascinating gem of a museum: natural history / cabinet of curiosities / scientific ossuary / artist’s workshop! Charmingly presented in a victorian villa walking distance from the town center. I enjoyed (and envied) seeing the GIANT isopod, rare exotic mammalian skulls, unique prehistoric subfossils, awesome tribal masks, hilarious paranormal memorabilia and cleverly written provenance labels! The best little museum in the Southern Hemisphere, I recon! Give it an hour and a half

Date of experience: June 2023
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Reviewed 1 June 2023

Something for everyone, unfortunately didn't have enough time, could spend a couple of hours easily. Some quirky stuff with really good explanatory notes. Defintely worth a visit

Date of experience: May 2023
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Reviewed 7 May 2023

Me and my friend from Sweden did a visit here the 5th, lovely place with a great and genuine host, definitely worth a visit

Date of experience: May 2023
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