Clyde Museum

19/05/2026

Clyde Museum is now closed for winter. A huge thanks to all our volunteers for another successful season. See you back here in spring. Stay warm!

08/04/2026

🚴🚴Looking for a great school holiday activity? Take the family on an adventure to discover the Kiwi Art Trail - featuring beautifully decorated kiwi sculptures across Clyde and Alexandra, including one here at Clyde Museum. Follow the Alexandra–Clyde Loop via the River Track and Otago Central Rail Trail to turn your bike ride into a fun day out.🚴

The event couldn’t happen without the support of our sponsorship whānau. We are looking for more organisations to help make the 2024 Kiwi Art Trail happen. To find out how your organisation could be involved, please download the information pack or contact us today.

07/04/2026

A few spots are still available for tomorrow night’s talk.
BOOK NOW to make sure you don’t miss out!

Join Dr Eva Forster-Garbutt, Area Manager for the Otago Southland regional office at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, as she unpacks the fascinating story of wallpaper during the goldfields era drawn from her recently completed PhD thesis.

04/04/2026

A nod to the mighty moa! Find out more about this remarkable bird at our 'Giant Birds of our Southern Land' exhibition on now at Clyde Museum

A sign recording the discovery of Moa footprints in the Kyeburn riverbed was unveiled last weekend. In 2019 Ranfurly man Michael Johnston was...

01/04/2026

👀Look who’s turned up at Clyde Museum! 👀
This beautiful kiwi sculpture is part of the Kiwi Art Trail, where you can discover stunning kiwi artworks as you cycle the Alexandra to Clyde Loop.

This free, family-friendly event celebrates our national icon while supporting kiwi conservation efforts.

Find out more about this initiative at: https://kiwiarttrail.nz/

12/03/2026

Don't miss the next Heritage Talk at Clyde Museum.
6:30pm on 9 April 2026. BOOK NOW using the link below.

Join Dr Eva Forster-Garbutt, Area Manager for the Otago Southland regional office at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, as she unpacks the fascinating story of wallpaper during the goldfields era drawn from her recently completed PhD thesis.

30/12/2025

A giant moa egg and a gold dredge - what’s the story? 🥚✨
A complete moa egg was discovered in the Clutha River near Clyde in 1899 by a worker on the Earnscleugh gold dredge.

Find out more at 'Giant Birds of Our Southern Land', on now at Clyde Museum

24/12/2025

🎄Merry Christmas from Clyde Museum🎄 This Christmas card was sent in 1901 by Premier R. J. Seddon to Margaret McIntosh. Margaret was born in Lawrence and later became a schoolteacher in Clyde. She wrote to Seddon to get on his Christmas card mailing list.
Image courtesy of Reed Gallery, Dunedin.