The arrival of the first motor cars set off rapid change in Dunedin and Otago, as it did throughout the world.
Travel through the ages of transport history from Victorian times when horses ruled the road, into the motorised century that followed, and beyond. Explore the way that different modes of transport changed the way we kept ‘on the move’; influenced how we lived, worked, and spent our leisure time; and impacted upon our world.
Check out our interactive climb-on vehicles – the iconic Tiger Tea trolley bus, a 1950s fire engine, and a 2017 Holden V8 police car. F
Find out about the activities of the Otago Motor Club and other aspects of Dunedin’s unique motoring history. Feast your eyes on fascinating footage of car rallies and street racing from the 1950s, and bustling inner-city chaos in the 1960s.
After you have experienced On the Move be sure to visit Monster to Miniature and explore when early computers weighed tonnes and filled entire rooms, literally!
