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Canterbury Museum
Working with local communities to tell stories important to Canterbury
Canterbury Museum is a registered Charitable Trust, the governance of which is vested in the Canterbury Museum Trust Board, and set out in the Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act 1993.
Canterbury Museum was first opened to the public on 2 December 1867 and has been located on our current site in Rolleston Avenue since 1 October 1870.
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November is Kiwiana month at Canterbury Museum
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 12:38 pm | Canterbury Museum
From Buzzy Bees to paua shells, Kiwiana is being celebrated at Canterbury Museum next month. The celebration marks the 50th anniversary since Bluff couple, Fred and Myrtle Flutey, first opened their home to the public in 1963 to showcase their incredible ... More >>
Canterbury Museum in the pink this month
Sunday, 6 October 2013, 12:19 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has joined 18 New Zealand landmarks and turned pink this month to support Global Illuminations, an initiative established in 2000 by Estee Lauder Companies to raise awareness of breast cancer. More >>
Tarantulas finally home at Canterbury Museum
Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 11:44 am | Canterbury Museum
Media Release 2 October 2013 Tarantulas finally home at Canterbury Museum Four tarantula spiders have made Canterbury Museum their new home today. The tarantulas have been in quarantine at the University of Canterbury since the September 2010 earthquake ... More >>
Museum wins 2013 Travellers’ Choice Attractions Award
Friday, 27 September 2013, 4:47 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has been awarded TripAdvisor’s 2013 Traveller’s Choice Attractions Award. More >>
Definitive guide to New Zealand Birds released
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 1:02 pm | Canterbury Museum
A new photographic guide to New Zealand birds is one of the most definitive guides ever produced in the country. More >>
Canterbury Museum announces summer exhibition – BANKSY
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 1:06 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has announced its summer blockbuster exhibition, which will be the largest, and possibly most controversial, ever held at the facility. Presented in collaboration with Oi YOU! RISE, a celebration of street art, will open on Friday ... More >>
Doc Ross exhibition opens at Canterbury Museum
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 12:41 pm | Canterbury Museum
Doc Ross Canterbury Museum in collaboration with the Christchurch Arts Festival will open a stunning photographic exhibition this month featuring the works of renowned photographer Doc Ross. More >>
Canterbury brass bands celebrated in Museum exhibition
Monday, 27 May 2013, 10:25 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is opening its winter season exhibition Brilliant Brass this Friday 31 May, much to the delight of music and brass band enthusiasts throughout Canterbury. More >>
Scott exhibition wins international award
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 5:26 pm | Canterbury Museum
Accolades are flowing in for London’s Natural History Museum this week after Scott’s Last Expedition won Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition at the prestigious 2013 Museums and Heritage Awards. More >>
20,000 visitors experience Quake City attraction
Friday, 26 April 2013, 1:55 pm | Canterbury Museum
Quake City welcomed its 20,000th visitor today. Beau McLean, pictured, was warmly greeted by the visitor hosts and given a special gift to commemorate the occasion. More >>
Discovery reopens at Canterbury Museum
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 9:37 am | Canterbury Museum
Discovery reopens at Canterbury Museum Christchurch parents will be celebrating tomorrow with the reopening of Discovery, Canterbury Museum’s natural history centre designed especially for children. Discovery has been closed since April 2012, ... More >>
Edward Atkinson’s skis displayed in Scott exhibition
Monday, 25 March 2013, 1:28 pm | Canterbury Museum
New visitors to Canterbury Museum’s Scott’s Last Expedition exhibition are being treated to a special addition to the show – Edward Atkinson’s skis. It was Atkinson who assumed leadership of Captain Scott’s last expedition in Antarctica and who ... More >>
Minister Officially Opens Quake City
Friday, 15 February 2013, 9:10 am | Canterbury Museum
15 February 2013 Minister Officially Opens Quake City More than 300 Canterbury community, Government and local business leaders attended the launch of Quake City in Re:START Mall last night. Officially opened by the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, the Hon. ... More >>
Tourism industry delighted by Quake City announcement
Monday, 17 December 2012, 9:51 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has today announced Christchurch’s latest earthquake attraction, Quake City, much to the delight of the city’s key tourism operators. More >>
Santa Search heralds start of annual tradition
Monday, 10 December 2012, 11:40 am | Canterbury Museum
Families of all ages are taking part in Canterbury Museum’s annual Great Museum Santa Search this year, much to the delight of Museum staff who say the event has become a special tradition in Christchurch. More >>
Hundreds attend Scott exhibition opening
Friday, 23 November 2012, 9:48 am | Canterbury Museum
More than 250 people attended the opening of Scott’s Last Expedition at Canterbury Museum last night. More >>
Museum launches new Facebook site
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 3:12 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has officially embraced social media by launching its new Facebook site today. The new Facebook page follows on from a pilot page created after the February 2011 earthquake. More >>
Scott’s Last Expedition exhibition opens
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 11:36 am | Canterbury Museum
23 October 2012 Scott’s Last Expedition exhibition opens in Christchurch next month Canterbury Museum will open a major international touring exhibition telling the epic story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition to the South ... More >>
Museum exhibition profiles iconic Ponting imagery
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 1:30 pm | Canterbury Museum
A stunning exhibition of remarkable Antarctic imagery will feature outdoors along Rolleston Avenue during New Zealand IceFest this month. More >>
Canterbury Quakes to tour New Zealand
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:42 am | Canterbury Museum
Cantabrians have until 1 October this year to see Canterbury Museum’s highly acclaimed Canterbury Quakes exhibition before it goes on tour for the next three years. More >>
