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Palaeontologists Find Mystery ‘Relic’ Bird Fossil At St Bathans
Monday, 11 April 2022, 1:10 pm | Canterbury Museum
An ancient bird recently discovered at New Zealand’s most significant fossil site for land-dwelling animals has scientists scratching their heads. The trans-Tasman team of researchers who described the bird, named Zealandornis relictus , say it ... More >>
Dead Duck Divides Dates For Fossil Finds
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 10:38 am | Canterbury Museum
A newly discovered extinct duck that lived in ancient Aotearoa New Zealand could be key to dating other finds from an ancient lake bed uncovered in St Bathans, Central Otago. The new species, a small diving duck researchers have named Manuherikia primadividua ... More >>
Stuffed Specimens On Show For Summer
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 9:40 am | Canterbury Museum
A stampede of stuffed specimens is coming to Canterbury Museum this summer. Fur, Fangs and Feathers is a new exhibition showcasing taxidermied animals from the Museum’s collection. Visitors will learn where these creatures live, how they behave and the ... More >>
Canterbury Museum: New Research - Bald Haast's Eagle Feasted On Moa Guts
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 6:23 am | Canterbury Museum
New Zealand’s extinct Haast’s Eagle ( Hieraaetus moorei ), the largest known eagle, gulped down viscera like a vulture and may even have been bald, new research suggests. An international team of researchers including Canterbury Museum Senior ... More >>
This Summer, Check In To Heather Straka’s Isolation Hotel
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 9:28 am | Canterbury Museum
Cantabrians are encouraged to put themselves in the frame in a new exhibition at Canterbury Museum. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2111/7b4b0315718d6521ce56.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Boy in trouble , 2021. Image ... More >>
Museum Redevelopment Gets Resource Consent
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 10:03 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is thrilled to have been granted resource consent for its proposed redevelopment. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/a7677dbedc99978173eb.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> Concept designs for the Museum's ... More >>
House Museum On Track For October Opening
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 4:47 pm | Canterbury Museum
Ravenscar House The Ravenscar Trust has today officially gifted Ravenscar House to Canterbury Museum which will operate it as a house museum on behalf of the Christchurch and Canterbury community. The Museum will now convert the house from a domestic dwelling ... More >>
Changing Face Of Canterbury On Display In New Exhibition
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 10:11 am | Canterbury Museum
The changing faces of everyday Cantabrians will be on display in a new exhibition of images from New Zealand’s longest-running photography studio, Standish and Preece. Portrait of Catherine Komarova (née Scott) at the Villa Maria ball in 1984. Canterbury ... More >>
Two-year Project To Preserve Canterbury’s Taonga
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 10:00 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury’s taonga (treasures) will be safer and more accessible thanks to a project aiming to help up to 40 of the region’s heritage organisations improve the care of their collections. The Canterbury Museum-led project received $209,033 ... More >>
Tuckered Out: Early Antarctic Explorers Underfed Their Dogs
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 9:11 am | Canterbury Museum
It’s one of the iconic images of early Antarctic exploration: the heroic explorer sledging across the icy wastes towed by his trusty team of canine companions. But new research analysing a century-old dog biscuit suggests the animals in this picture ... More >>
Hands-On Galileo Exhibition Coming To Christchurch
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 9:46 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum visitors can recreate revolutionary experiments conducted by the father of modern science at a new exhibition from Italy, opening on Saturday. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/3dd64b588e448c970d61.jpeg" ... More >>
Model Of Lost Heritage Building Comes To Quake City
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 9:32 am | Canterbury Museum
An incredibly detailed model of the historic Canterbury Jockey Club Building is the latest new exhibit at Quake City , Canterbury Museum’s special exhibition about the Canterbury earthquakes. The model, crafted over 5 weeks by local artist Mike ... More >>
Graham Bennett’s Art Experiments Coming To Canterbury Museum
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 9:36 am | Canterbury Museum
An exhibition of experimental artworks by acclaimed Christchurch sculptor Graham Bennett opens at Canterbury Museum on Friday. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2105/08e582bb6ebd0043e8f5.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Graham Bennett assembles Converse ... More >>
Work Adds To Museum Street Art
Monday, 12 April 2021, 9:33 am | Canterbury Museum
Artist Benjamin Work is adding to Canterbury Museum’s street art collection, creating a huge 330 sq metre floor to wall, mural over a week from today, in the Level 1 Special Exhibition Hall. Museum visitors can watch as he paints the new work across the floor ... More >>
Fossil Turtle Discovered In Christchurch Church Pillar
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 9:29 am | Canterbury Museum
The fossilised remains of a turtle that lived between 25 and 35 million years ago
have been found inside a pillar from a historic Christchurch church. 
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Photogenic Tūī Star In Museum Youth Photography Competition
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 9:48 am | Canterbury Museum
Are Tūī Aotearoa New Zealand’s most photogenic bird? The winning images of Canterbury Museum’s Amazing Animals! photography competition suggest they might be. The winners of both categories in the youth wildlife photography competition, held for the second ... More >>
Cantabrians Invited To Submit On The Future Of Their Museum
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 10:31 am | Canterbury Museum
Cantabrians have until 6 April to make submissions on redevelopment plans that are critical to their Museum’s ability to remain open. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2103/764585c1c22cf0d3b058.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> Concept designs for the Museum's ... More >>
Museum Appoints To New Senior Roles
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 9:26 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has made appointments to three new senior roles who, with the Director, will lead the organisation through a significant period of change as it advances proposals to redevelop its Rolleston Avenue site. Museum Director, Anthony ... More >>
Free Entry At Quake City To Mark 10-Year Earthquake Anniversary
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 10:18 am | Canterbury Museum
Cantabrians are invited to mark the 10-year anniversary of the 22 February 2011 earthquake with a free visit to Quake City, Canterbury Museum’s special exhibition about the Canterbury Earthquakes. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2102/1ade51aa8377f2da5fae.jpeg" ... More >>
Hunt For Museum Treasures On Your Smartphone
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 11:12 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum visitors can collect virtual taonga (treasures) from the Museum’s 150th birthday exhibition, House of Treasures: Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho in a treasure hunt accessed through a web-based app on smartphone. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2101/ddca5e627ec9ecbaab0f.jpeg" ... More >>
