Tūhura Tuarangi Space Showcase

Science Outreach Programme

Tūhura Otago Museum presents a space science showcase that is truly out of this world!

Launched in October 2022, the Tūhura Tuarangi – Aotearoa in Space Showcase gives you the chance to build a satellite, launch a rocket, and see how you can create energy out of water. Get up close with ion thrusters, a four-billion-year-old meteor, and a part of a secret Russian space craft. There are also virtual reality experiences where you can take your first giant leaps into space and explore our entire solar system and beyond.

Tūhura Tuarangi is packed with hands-on interactives to play with, build, launch, and explode with your whole whānau. Discover the amazing space technologies and world-leading research going on right here in Aotearoa New Zealand and learn about all the space-related careers that are unfolding.

We also want to hear about your hopes and dreams for what Aotearoa’s future in space might look like – and how YOU can be a part of telling our space story.

This showcase started at Tūhura Otago Museum in Ōtepoti Dunedin and is now travelling nationwide, bringing the magic of space, exploration, and science to towns and cities across the motu.