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Pixie Town: Childhood favourite back for Christmas
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Childhood favourite back for Christmas
Dunedin (Friday, 2 December 2016) – A well-known Dunedin Christmas tradition is coming back to bring Christmas joy.
A childhood favourite for many Dunedin residents, Pixie Town opens at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum on Friday 9 December.
Visitors will be able to enjoy the historic exhibition, visit Santa and have their photo taken, make Christmas crafts, dress-up like a pixie or relax with a Christmas book.
The Toitū team are working hard to prepare the exhibit for another busy season and Kirsty Glengarry, Visitor Experience Manager says, “Every year we hear about the memories people have of visiting Pixie Town as children. Now they come along with their own children or grandchildren to share the experience and create more memories It’s a wonderful tradition.”
The pixies are on display for a slightly shorter time in 2016 due to increasing fragility caused by age. Pixie Town was first displayed at the Dunedin DIC department store in 1951.
“After a detailed conservation report the pixies are receiving extra special attention this year and will finish their work on Christmas Eve, rather than early January.”
Christmas items will be available in the Toitū shop with traditional toys on sale. There will be a Family Christmas Chill-Out-Zone with Christmas craft, toys, dress-ups and more.
Pixie Town
Opening hours
9 - 24 December
10am-12 noon and 1pm-4pm
Come and visit Santa
10, 11 December and 17 – 24 December
10am – 12 noon and 1pm – 4pm
Photographer on site during these hours (there is a cost for photographs)
Christmas Family Chill-Out Zone
Celebrate Christmas at Toitū with traditional and Kiwiana crafts, dress-ups and toys in the NZR Foyer. 9 –24 December.
10am – 5pm
Late Night Shopping event
14 December
5pm-7pm
Late night shopping evening with shop discount table, spot prizes, entertainment and nibbles.
Toitū discovery trails
Pick up a gold trail in the Josephine Foyer and puzzle your way around the galleries.
26 December - 31 January
10am - 5pm
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