The Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery

Top 2% of attractions in Dunedin
8/10

What the experts agree on

This quirky 1870s Victorian villa packs three rooms with an extensive skull collection, plastinated specimens, mummified animals, and oddball cultural artifacts—a genuinely unusual museum for those drawn to natural curiosities and macabre

3 expert reviews
Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura
"Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum. " Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"This 1870s Victorian villa houses an extensive skull collection alongside plastinated and mummified animals, ethnological art, and other unusual cultural artefacts." Full review
National Geographic National Geographic
"The Museum of Natural Mystery, an intriguing collection of bones, bone art and design displayed in a private home by artist Bruce Mahalski — look out for the painted symbols on his front fence"
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