Hall of History

For thousands of families in New Zealand, Otago is the place where it all began – the place where they started their journey to becoming New Zealanders. In a freshly renovated portion of our Hall of History you can once again chart that part of the journey from the early period of European settlement in Otago to the era where Dunedin reigned as the number one city in New Zealand.

Imagine yourself alongside Frederick Tuckett searching for a new immigrant homeland; voyaging with Reverend Thomas Burns aboard the Philip Laing; or hoping to strike it rich as you join the throng of diggers heading for Gabriel’s Gully.

Ongoing exhibition