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Museum Visitors Top 800,000 for First Time
Friday, 4 January 2019, 10:04 am | Canterbury Museum
A record 802,595 people visited Canterbury Museum and Quake City, its special exhibition telling stories from the Canterbury earthquakes, in 2018. This is almost 38,000 more visitors than the previous record of 764,720 set in 2017. More >>
Museum acquires two more diaries by Scott’s ski expert
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 11:25 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has acquired two Antarctic diaries, one describing the discovery of the frozen bodies of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and two of his companions. More >>
Te Aika hei tiki returns home for Kura Pounamu exhibition
Friday, 14 December 2018, 9:26 am | Canterbury Museum
An important pounamu hei tiki will be displayed in its home province for the first time in more than a decade as part of the exhibition Kura Pounamu: Our Treasured Stone , which opens at the Museum on Saturday. More >>
Canterbury Museum adds kit bag from Hillary’s Everest scape
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 10:09 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has acquired a canvas kit bag used by Sir Edmund Hillary when he and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to summit Mt Everest. More >>
Young photographers amaze judges
Thursday, 29 November 2018, 9:58 am | Canterbury Museum
The judges of Canterbury Museum’s youth photography competition Amazing Animals! were stunned by the quality of the images entered. More >>
Te Papa’s pounamu exhibition to open at Canterbury Museum
Friday, 23 November 2018, 11:47 am | Canterbury Museum
Kura Pounamu: Our Treasured Stone, an exhibition of more than 200 taonga pounamu (greenstone treasures) opens at Canterbury Museum on 15 December. More >>
Online Exhibition ensures War stories aren't forgotten
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 10:39 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has launched an online version of its exhibition Canterbury and World War One: Lives Lost, Lives Changed . More >>
History in stitches at Canterbury Museum
Monday, 1 October 2018, 12:05 pm | Canterbury Museum
An embroidered tapestry commemorating the Kiwi connection an English community forged during World War One will be displayed at Canterbury Museum from 6 October to 3 November. More >>
Dogs in Antarctica: Tales from the Pack
Friday, 14 September 2018, 12:32 pm | Canterbury Museum
Oscar was labelled a lazy dog with “dirty habits” by members of Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917) – until he saved their lives. More >>
Peace Protest Banner Donated to Canterbury Museum
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 11:08 am | Canterbury Museum
A colourful banner used by New Zealanders at anti-nuclear protests around the world has been gifted to Canterbury Museum. More >>
Earthquake Exhibition Tops Quarter of a Million Visitors
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 2:35 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum’s special exhibition Quake City has welcomed its 250,000th visitor, exactly 8 years on from the first seismic event in Canterbury’s devastating earthquake sequence. More >>
World’s Best Animal Photos Coming to Canterbury
Monday, 6 August 2018, 11:01 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum will display some of the world’s best wildlife photographs in an upcoming exhibition on loan from London’s Natural History Museum. More >>
Visit Quake City Exhibition for Free
Friday, 27 July 2018, 9:26 am | Canterbury Museum
Cantabrians are invited to reflect on their earthquake experiences at Quake City during an upcoming free entry weekend. More >>
October 2018 Start of Work Planned for Ravenscar House
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 1:17 pm | Canterbury Museum
The Ravenscar Trust and Canterbury Museum have today released the final design of Ravenscar House and confirmed that construction will start at the end of October 2018. More >>
Museum Insights in Christchurch
Friday, 18 May 2018, 4:18 pm | Canterbury Museum
Museum Insights in Christchurch Media Release 18 May 2018 The Museums Aotearoa annual conference takes place in Christchurch this year, over four days opening Sunday 20 May, and hosted jointly by Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery and the Airforce ... More >>
Record Summer at Museum and Quake City
Friday, 2 March 2018, 9:21 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum and its special exhibition Quake City (above) have had another record summer with 276,061 visitors during the last three months, 10% up on the same period last year (2016/17: 250,526). More >>
Museum acquires Scott’s Skiing Expert’s Medals and Diaries
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 11:54 am | Canterbury Museum
Museum acquires Scott’s Skiing Expert’s Medals and Diaries Canterbury Museum has acquired medals and two diaries belonging to Tryggve Gran (1888–1980), the Norwegian skiing expert on the British Antarctic Expedition (BAE) 1910–1913. More >>
Canterbury Museum marks 150th Birthday
Friday, 1 December 2017, 4:05 pm | Canterbury Museum
On Sunday 3 December, Canterbury Museum marks 150 years since its founder, Sir Julius von Haast, opened the doors to the public. More >>
Museum Emeritus Curator Marks 100th Birthday
Friday, 6 October 2017, 9:46 am | Canterbury Museum
Sally Burrage, Emeritus Curator of Canterbury Museum’s History returned to Christchurch this week to celebrate her 100th birthday with family and Museum staff. More >>
New Horse Saddles up in the Christchurch Street
Friday, 29 September 2017, 11:23 am | Canterbury Museum
Young visitors are invited to saddle up and take a ride on the Museum’s new life-sized model horse in the Christchurch Street, purchased with the support of the Friends of Canterbury Museum. More >>
