Southland Museum
Pleas for Southland Museum to remain open amid arts funding boost
18 May 2018
Critics opposing Southland Museum's closure says it should stay open, as Invercargill City Council announces a $40 million funding boost to reinvigorate arts and culture. Video, Audio
Earthquake risk closes Southland Museum indefinitely
9 Apr 2018
The trust board of the museum, which employs 41 staff, was recently told the buildings may be unsafe after a peer review of a 2013 seismic assessment. Video, Audio
Unearthing and cataloguing buried treasure
24 Sep 2017
Artist Alex Monteith is behind a push to catalogue hundreds of boxes of material excavated from Fiordland back in the late 1960s and early 70s.The material, mainly from maori sites, has been stored at… Audio
'Bring us your huhu grubs'
7 Sep 2015
The Southland Museum is calling on Southlanders to collect live huhu grubs to feed its hungry tuatara.