2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003   We Will Remember Them Starting Date:  Sunday, 25 April 2010 Finishing Date:  Sunday, 30 May 2010 On 25 April the Museum will once again unveil the Dunedin Roll of Honour, immediately following the Anzac Day Dawn Service in the Queens Gardens. Memorial banners record the names and details of all those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice, commemorating Dunedin people who died in the wars of the twentieth century. Visitors are also invited to bring in copies of photographs of family members who served for display on our Wall of Memories. No original photos please – but we will scan and make copies for the display on request. War Brides: Leap of Faith Starting Date:  Saturday, 24 April 2010 Finishing Date:  Sunday, 29 August 2010 Bev Tosh is the daughter of a WW2 New Zealand pilot and his Canadian war bride. Born in Taranaki, Bev grew up in Canada after her parents’ marriage ended. In 2001 she painted a portrait based on her mother’s wedding photograph and became fascinated with the story of the war brides. Since then she has met hundreds of war brides and developed a range of art works inspired by their experiences. Shown to acclaim across Canada, War Brides is now coming to Dunedin. It reflects on the joys and sorrows that followed wartime romances, and the ‘leap of faith’ involved in following love to a distant land. Just Passing Through: Celebrity Visitors to Dunedin Starting Date:  Monday, 21 June 2010 Finishing Date:  Sunday, 29 August 2010 Lots of ‘celebrities’ have visited Dunedin. Some have been quite taken with the place. Others have breezed through, hardly noticing the details of where they were. Here we look at a few well-known visitors and see what, if anything, they had to say about Dunedin, or what they did during their stay. We remember visits by the Beatles, Batman and James Bond, Antarctic explorers and famous writers like Mark Twain and Anthony Trollope. We also invite visitors to add their memories of other famous visitors who ‘just passed through’. My Invented History: Accessing Ancestry Starting Date:  Saturday, 22 May 2010 Finishing Date:  Sunday, 25 July 2010 Victoria McIntosh’s exhibition, My Invented History, explores issues of identity associated with adoption. It juxtaposes the portraits of Otago’s pioneers in the Museum’s famous Smith Gallery with Victoria’s artworks, reflecting on the loss of ancestral identity experienced by adoptees under the old ‘Closed Adoption’ system. It invites questions about the history and future of adoption legislation and its impact on adoptee identity. This show also marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark Adult Adoption Information Act (1985) and the 5th anniversary of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology [HART] Register (2005). 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand. Ph: + 64 3 4775052, Email: osmmail@dcc.govt.nz Open 10am-5pm Daily, closed Christmas Day & Good Friday.