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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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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 >>
