Friends of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum

Today, the museum hosted the South Dunedin festival activities. Dunedin weather came to the party, and a great day was had by all. A trial operation of the forge proved satisfactorary.

Crowds gather at the museum

Join us for a fun-filled Dunedin Halloween themed afternoon on Sunday the 30^th of October between 2-5pm.

This is a family orientated afternoon where you can dress up and experience the amazing Gasworks museum while enjoying some ghoulish entertainment, including an excellent magician.

Kids can have their face painted, do crafts, jump on bouncy castles, eat candy floss and green pikelets, and partake in treasure hunts and colouring contests.

The event is free admission with small fees for activities, food and drinks.

Address is 20 Braemar St, South Dunedin – we look forward to seeing you there.

To celebrate the hosting of a very special festival of rugby in our city we are extending our opening times.

We will endeavour to have our steam plant operating every day, however it is dependent on volunteers being available.

We will open from 12 noon – 3 pm on the following days:

Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 September

Tuesday 13 – Sunday 18 September

Tuesday 20 – Friday 23 September

Tuesday 27 September – Sunday 2 October.

The cost of admission for adults during our special extended open times is $10.00 per person.

We welcome all supporters and overseas visitors.

Come and see a unique and special museum with working Gas production machinery and listen to the story we have to tell.

Wednesday 13 July

Over 30 members of the Gasworks Museum attended to this year’s AGM of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum held in the Fitting Shop. Highlight was a presentation by Simon Brown from Fischer and Paykel ‘Taking Gas to the Future’ showing the latest inventions in gas cooking appliances

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The most successful events at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum!

The special events at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum ‘South Dunedin Open Heritage Day and Golden Years of Gas brought visitor numbers records and exciting experiences!

The  ‘South Dunedin Heritage Open Day ‘ on Saturday 19th of February (10:00 – 4:00pm) was a successful event with over 500 visitors! Also the ‘GOLDEN YEARS OF GAS – FIRED UP GASWORKS SPECIAL !’ on Sunday 20th of March 2011 (12 noon – 4pm) during the Otago Anniversary weekend was a success with over 350 visitors! At both events free Guided Tours, Traction Engine Rides, Bus rides, and Refreshments were offered at the Gasworks Museum and also Life Music!

GASWORKS STEAMPUNK

On Sunday 3 July 2011 a public meeting was hold and was a great success with over 35 attendees interested in forming a steampunk group based at the Gasworks Museum in Dunedin. Plans were made for further meetings (17th of July) to create a steampunk community and to decide in which direction steampunk could lead at the Gasworks Museum.

The topic of the meeting was:

“The Future as it might have been if Gas and Steam had stayed supreme.”

Do you have ideas for Steampunk Events at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum?

Focus of Steampunk Events at the Gasworks Museum could be:

Gas and Steam, Gadgets, Machinery, Steam Engines …

Let your imagination go! Share your ideas!

For more information visit our facebook side!

GASWORKS STEAMPUNK

Public meeting to share ideas – all welcome!

Sunday 3 July at 3pm

“The Future as it Might Have Been if Gas and Steam had stayed supreme”

Also open day steam up!

12:00 – 4:00pm

Enjoy free Pikelets, Tea & Coffee!

We look forward to seeing you there!

With work about to start on the supermarket construction next door, today we took the last opportunity to get some “wide view” pix of the museum complex. Tomorrow, literally, these views will be “history”, never again available.

Overview of our site from "next door" soon to be a supermarket

Get up close and personal with the Ruston Steam Shovel this Sunday at the Gasworks Museum. Now in its new position out front, this shovel is one of the few remaining in the world. Brought to New Zealand to work on the Gisborne Port development in the early 1900′s, it then worked at Oamaru and then on the Mole at Aramoana.