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Queen to lend early Antarctic photos to Museum
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 2:47 pm | Canterbury Museum
A major exhibition of early Antarctic photography will be loaned from the Royal Collection by Her Majesty The Queen for the 2010 New Zealand Antarctic Festival. The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography will open in the Robert ... More >>
Museum acquires Frances Ryman Collection
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 12:06 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has acquired the Frances Ryman Collection in an auction held by Webb’s auction house on Thursday 24 September. The collection of over 60 taonga Maori from Matariki Point on the north bank of the Clarence River, was excavated ... More >>
Highgrove Florilegium donated to Canterbury Museum
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 3:24 pm | Canterbury Museum
A generous group of donors will be able to see their gift to Canterbury Museum for the first time on Thursday night. The group has donated the Highgrove Florilegium to the Museum collection and the small function will be held to thank the donors ... More >>
Over 1.1m visitors to Canterbury Museum & Gallery
Friday, 10 July 2009, 4:20 pm | Canterbury Museum
Christchurch residents and visitors to the city have made the most of a rich and varied offering of arts and heritage exhibitions and events over the past year. More >>
Canterbury Museum sets new attendance record
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 2:15 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum saw a total of 637,174 visitors through its doors in 2008, the first time the Museum has exceeded 600,000 visitors in a calendar year. The 637,174 figure represents an increase of 49,193 (+8.4%) visitors over the 2007 calendar year ... More >>
Inspiring Forms In Glass Invitational NZ
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 5:22 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is once again hosting Glass Invitational NZ, a survey of contemporary New Zealand glass art toured by Milford House Limited and curated by Stephen Higginson. More >>
Henry Nicholas VC medal returned to display
Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 3:40 pm | Canterbury Museum
The Victoria Cross awarded to Henry James Nicholas of Christchurch during the first World War will be returned to display in Canterbury Museum on 23 October. The original medal was removed from display and replaced with a replica in December last year ... More >>
Tarantulas take up residence at Canterbury Museum
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 9:41 am | Canterbury Museum
At the end of this month four new tarantulas will take up residence in Discovery at Canterbury Museum. The eight-legged arrivals, including an endangered Mexican red knee tarantula, will be housed in a purpose built terrarium. Each spider has ... More >>
International team to conserve Antarctic artefacts
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 12:57 am | Canterbury Museum
Professional conservators from Canada and Britain started work this week in a laboratory at Canterbury Museum to catalogue and conserve part of the iconic collection of artefacts from Scott and Shackleton’s expeditions. More >>
Record Visitor Numbers at Canterbury Museum
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 2:11 pm | Canterbury Museum
A combination of popular special exhibitions, a guest performer and wintry weather contributed to the record visitor numbers at Canterbury Museum over the weekend. The 3,912 visitors coming through the Museum on Sunday 27 July made it the busiest ... More >>
Paua Shell House at Canterbury Museum
Friday, 13 June 2008, 4:16 pm | Canterbury Museum
After many months of behind-the-scenes conservation and cataloguing, the shells from Fred and Myrtle Flutey’s paua shell lounge are returning to the walls in their new home at Canterbury Museum. Curator Sarah Whitehead said, “After all the background ... More >>
Sir Edmund Hillary book of condolences
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 12:21 am | Canterbury Museum
"At the conclusion of the period of mourning, Canterbury Museum will present the book of condolences to Lady Hillary and the family. A copy of the book will remain in the Museum archives as a record of the expressions of sympathy from Cantabrians ... More >>
