Sunday, May 15, 2016

Otago Museum

Sorry this week seems to be going on forever, but my mom and I managed to pack in a lot of stuff before she left! After our travel filled weekend, we were met with a cold and rainy Monday. Originally I had planned for us to go to Tunnel Beach on this day, but mother nature didn't seem to agree with my plans. We kept our day pretty low-key by walking over to the Otago Museum located right next to campus. Unfortunately we weren't able to make it there until later in the afternoon due to classes, so we only had time for a couple of things in the museum. 

Mom bought us tickets to see a show at the planetarium located inside. Since we had some time to kill we looked around at some of the exhibits. Most of our time was spent at the Pacific Civilizations exhibit. Here you got to look at items and facts from civilizations from Hawaii to New Guinea and much much more. 
Welcome to Polynesia!

The Hawaii display

Austral Islands

Unfortunately this was the only exhibit we were able to walk through in the short time before our planetarium show. Our show lasted about 45 minutes, in which we were shown the prominent constellations in the southern hemisphere and then taken out to a tour of each planet in our solar system. It was quite impressive, and definitely better than my other planetarium experience at UMO. 

We ended our rainy day with a quick trip up to Rob Roy for ice cream and walked back to the flat for a quiet evening. 


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