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Cantabrians Invited To Say “See You Later” To Favourite Exhibits
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 9:57 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum invites Cantabrians to come and say “see you later” to their favourite exhibits as it plans to dismantle galleries later this year ahead of a transformative redevelopment project. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2209/f32b2b524dbcf3701bc5.jpeg" ... More >>
Swan-derful News: Ancient Waterfowl Found At St Bathans
Friday, 22 July 2022, 1:46 pm | Canterbury Museum
Palaeontologists digging near St Bathans in Central Otago have discovered a fossil that probably belonged to the Southern Hemisphere’s oldest known swan species. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/8fcc9bc6f052ac4695e2.jpeg" ... More >>
Planning Underway For Mammoth Museum Move
Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 3:44 pm | Canterbury Museum
If you think shifting house is complicated, try moving a Museum. Canterbury Museum staff have begun planning for the challenge of packing up 2.3 million taonga (treasures) as they gear up for the move of the century. Staff prepare objects in the Museum's ... More >>
Exhibition Honours Nuclear Testing Veterans
Friday, 6 May 2022, 12:55 pm | Canterbury Museum
Kiwi veterans who were exposed to nuclear radiation while witnessing British nuclear tests in the Pacific are honoured in an exhibition opening at Canterbury Museum on 13 May. Operation Grapple: We Were There showcases portrait photos of 19 veterans ... More >>
Museum Founder’s Life And Career Examined On His 200th Birthday
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 5:16 pm | Canterbury Museum
Researchers will examine the life and career of Canterbury Museum founder Sir Julius von Haast this weekend in an online symposium celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth. Haast Symposium: Celebrating the Life of Sir Julius von Haast will feature ... More >>
Blockbuster Dinosaur Exhibition Coming To Canterbury Museum
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:39 am | Canterbury Museum
Cantabrians can discover the dinosaurs’ secrets of survival in a new exhibition at their Museum. Developed in Australia by Gondwana Studios, Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival showcases recent discoveries that have revolutionised the way ... More >>
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 >>
