The fate of two seagull feathers and a souvenir mug hang in the balance, listed among items to be removed from Rotorua Museum's permanent collection. Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa Rotorua Museum director Lizzie Marvelly. Photo: Rotorua Daily Post / Andrew Warner via LDR Rotorua Lakes Council's operations and monitoring committee will decide on Thursday whether or not to recommend to the council to permanently remove 36 items from the currently closed museum's collection. The items include clothing and objects beyond repair or with no known connection to Rotorua, such as a 1960s milkshake machine, a dinghy, a bath, a vial of mercury and two seagull feathers.