An enclosure in which a simulated natural habitat is created for displaying a tuatara, a spiny lizard-like reptile of New Zealand.
a special feature of the museum is the tuatarium
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To provide proper drainage in the tuatarium, a sewer drain was installed in the centre of the enclosure.
The museum during that time had started to build a tuatarium with a special curator so that people could see them without disturbing their natural habitat.
This fascinating tuatarium is one of the only places in the country where you can see live tuatara in a closely simulated native environment.
I glance at the art, then hurry to the tuatarium.
The tuatarium was constructed to simulate as closely as possible the natural habitat of the tuatara, a pair of which had been acquired from New Zealand in 1973.
We had already seen everything else, and we weren't leaving until we got to see the tuatarium.
There's a tuatarium here and a gallery of contemporary art.
One of their daughters was married to a man who lived in Invercargill, and they were friends with the man who was the curator of the tuatarium.
Invercargill is home to the Southland Museum, which houses the tuatarium.
They had run out of enough money to run a decent tuatarium.