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|  location            =  North end of Dunedin  
 
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|  nearest            =  Dunedin
 
|  nearest            =  Dunedin
|  established        =  1852
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|  established        =  1868
|  visitors            =  700,000 per annum
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|  visitors            =  350,000 per annum
|  governing_body      =  Museum Council, shared appointments between Auckland Council and the Auckland Museum Insitute.   
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|  governing_body      =  Museum Board - with members appointed by Dunedin City Council, other Councils in the region, University of Otago and others.   
 
    
 
    
 
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MUSEUM
Otago Museum
Location: North end of Dunedin
Nearest Place: Dunedin
Established: 1868
Visitors: 350,000 per annum
Governing Body: Museum Board - with members appointed by Dunedin City Council, other Councils in the region, University of Otago and others.

Great King Street, Dunedin. Museum Web Site

Anthropological and natural history museum.

<googlemap lat="-45.864463" lon="170.51013" zoom="16">-45.865464, 170.510581, Otago Museum</googlemap>

It has internationally significant ethnographic material from New Zealand and Oceania. An Easter Island Statue is a rare exhibit. It has a wealth of archaeological material from southern New Zealand.

Archaeologists

H D Skinner is a distinguished former director. Les Lockerbie is a former staff member.