Dear Science

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin talks with us about the Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics.

Love all things trams? LIVE Day: Trams is on at MOTAT this Sunday 19 October! Check out their impressive collection and catch a ride on one of the steam trains.

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about a crafty way to fix broken bones, an unusual surgery to restore vision, and a long extinct New Zealand penguin species.

These School Holidays at MOTAT, test your communication skills, become a Pilot of the Future and see automatic tech take off!

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin speaks with us about potential biosignatures on Mars, iridescent mammals & plastic waste for carbon capture. 

Celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori at MOTAT with a week full of playful, creative, and hands-on experiences for tamariki and whānau! From 13 to 21 September

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Daniel Thomas all about ‘interactions’: strangers who have the same reactions to movies are more likely to become friends, a study has found that apes do have object permanence, and spiders use trapped fireflies to catch more prey. 

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!