New Zealanders are famous all around the globe for their inspired, innovative, and sometimes just far-out ways to get from Point A to Point…

One day in 1939, there was a special 10-year-old boy from Christchurch who was fascinated by animals, chemistry, and mechanics. Despite…

March 8th marked International Women’s Day for 2022. Another chance to celebrate all the women in your life and the women who make things…

We may smugly think that computing technology is a product of our modern era, beginning in the 1960s or ‘70s.

On 14 October 1957, a team of Kiwi men set off from New Zealand’s newly built Scott Base on three modified farm tractors and a Weasel snow…

Celebrating some amazing Māori and Pasifika working in STEAM careers in Aotearoa, and some of the tupuna ancestors who paved the path…

New Zealand Railways’ Silver Fern railcar ran six days a week from 1972 to 1991. Named the Silver Fern because the exterior of the…

MOTAT’s Love/Science exhibition tells stories about incredible inventions by incredibly passionate people.

One of the most interesting yet overlooked objects at MOTAT is the Mercury Arc Rectifier.