The most visited attraction of Ontago is the Ontago Museum. The Museum is the best of its variety in the entire New Zealand. Special exihibitions to guided tours the museum has everything in store for you, Young, old, adults, teen , people from every section will find something interesting in this museum. The gallery talks and the Discovery World Science shows have been outstanding hit with the mass. Torists simply love to wander about amidst the storehouse of knowledge, as you can rightly call the Otago Museum of New Zealand. Augment your awareness on the following in the museum:
- Southern Land , Southern People
- Tangata Whenua - People of the Land
- Pacific Cultures
- People of the World
- Maritime
- Animal Attic
- Nature
Each of the abovementioned subjects has a themed gallery allocated for them. The Southern Land section explains the origin of the people, their culture and their way of living. You will also find the largest fossil of New Zealand , the Shag Point Plesiosaur, which is a serpent like creature. The widest variety of moa skeletons will definitely catch your attraction. Also delve deep and find why these exquisite birds became extinct.The people of the land section nestles some of the wonderful crafted objects of ivory, greenstone and wood on display including the pounamu treasures which are heirlooms of Ngai Tahu families. The ornate waka or the canoe and the daily activities of the tribe like fishing , hunting and gardening are explained with reference to the deities they worshipped The masks of the Pacific Cultures are simply incredible. The Melanesian Gallery has some of the wonderful artifacts used by the people of Fiji and New Guinea region. The multihued People of the world Gallery has ancient Greek Potteries , Egyptian sculptures, Buddhist relics, Chinese snuff bottles , African bronze statuettes and other astounding articles on display.
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