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Canterbury Museum Protects its Greatest Asset
Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 9:02 am | Canterbury Museum
The almost 150-year-old walls of Canterbury Museum’s neo-gothic stone buildings are breathing easier after many years, with the installation of a French drain along their southern facade. More >>
Quake City –Free Entry for Reopening Weekend
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 1:29 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is inviting visitors to view Quake City for free during the special exhibition’s reopening weekend,16 & 17 September. More >>
Postcards to Antarctica – new exhibition by Guy Frederick
Friday, 4 August 2017, 1:53 pm | Canterbury Museum
Scott Base staff and scientists share what Antarctica means to them in Postcards to Antarctica , an exhibition by photo-journalist Guy Frederick opening at Canterbury Museum on 11 August. More >>
All-time visitor record at Canterbury Museum
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 2:19 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum visitor figures came in at the end of June breaking all previous records. 784,756 breaks the previous record last year of 723,228 visitors. More >>
Portraits Speak for Themselves at Canterbury Museum
Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 11:03 am | Canterbury Museum
The past and present combine in a new exhibition by artist Julia Holden opening on 1 July at Canterbury Museum. Using sound, painting, photography, and performance, Lyttelton Redux tells the stories of historical figures who helped shape the port ... More >>
New exhibition celebrates Kāi Tahu wāhine
Friday, 2 June 2017, 11:51 am | Canterbury Museum
Celebrate the lives and legacies of respected Kāi Tahu wāhine (Ngāi Tahu women) in a new exhibition opening at Canterbury Museum on 9 June 2017. More >>
Museum’s exhibition Quake City on the Move
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 4:03 pm | Canterbury Museum
Quake City, the Museum’s special exhibition telling stories from the Canterbury earthquakes closes in Cashel Mall on 25 June and will reopen on the corner of Durham Street and Armagh Street in late August 2017. More >>
Australasian First for Museum Staff
Friday, 5 May 2017, 4:32 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is the first organisation in Australasia and only the second outside the United Kingdom to achieve Investors in People Platinum accreditation for best practice people management. More >>
Counting endangered birds from space
Thursday, 4 May 2017, 3:26 pm | Canterbury Museum
In a worldwide first, New Zealand and British scientists have used satellite images to calculate the number of endangered albatrosses living on remote and inaccessible islands. More >>
Ancient penguins lived alongside dinosaurs?
Friday, 24 February 2017, 9:42 am | Canterbury Museum
Artist’s impression of a group of Waimanu penguins on a beach in Paleocene Canterbury. Credit: Chris Gaskin, Geology Museum, University of Otago. More >>
The New Zealand Tree Project at Canterbury Museum
Thursday, 9 February 2017, 3:31 pm | Canterbury Museum
Explore the wonders of a rainforest canopy without leaving town. Stunning photography and film capturing the natural and human history of a New Zealand rainforest. A special exhibition experience created by the New Zealand Tree Project. More >>
Air New Zealand 737 cockpit joins 75th exhibition
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 2:47 pm | Canterbury Museum
An Air New Zealand Boeing 737 cockpit nose has been installed outside Canterbury Museum next to the Botanic Gardens as part of the airline’s 75th anniversary exhibition. More >>
Artwork rescued from rubble installed in special exhibition
Friday, 9 December 2016, 1:41 pm | Canterbury Museum
A 7 metre high steel sculpture rescued from the rubble five years after being toppled by a M6.3 earthquake was today installed in Canterbury Museum’s special exhibition Quake City. More >>
Fred & Myrtle’s Paua Shell House welcomes millionth visitor
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 2:22 pm | Canterbury Museum
Fred and Myrtle’s Paua Shell House has today welcomed its millionth visitor since the front door of the Flutey’s famously quirky house reopened at Canterbury Museum in July 2008. More >>
Selling the Dream back for a limited run
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 12:19 pm | Canterbury Museum
Selling the Dream a retro exhibition of original classic New Zealand tourism posters created by leading commercial artists between the 1920s and 1960s opens on Saturday (19 November) for a limited time only. More >>
Air New Zealand show drives record visitor numbers
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 2:12 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has achieved all-time record visitor numbers for two successive months thanks to the Air New Zealand 75 Years exhibition which opened on 17 September. More >>
Speedway King’s legacy to remain in Christchurch
Friday, 5 August 2016, 1:48 pm | Canterbury Museum
Museum makes largest-ever acquisition thanks to Blenheim bequest. • New Speedway King: The Ivan Mauger Story display unveiled. • Ivan Mauger Collection to stay in public domain in Mauger’s “beloved home town”. More >>
A Mystery to be Solved at Canterbury Museum
Monday, 4 July 2016, 11:17 am | Canterbury Museum
Mystery Night at the Museum takes place in the July school holidays and promises a fun time for young detectives visiting Canterbury Museum during the four nights of July 12, 14, 19 and 21. A crime scene in the foyer reveals the ‘Waitaha Diamond’ ... More >>
Artefacts from the first building in Antarctica conserved
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 11:38 am | Canterbury Museum
An international team of conservators has commenced work at Canterbury Museum to conserve a unique collection of Antarctic artefacts from the first building on the continent. More >>
700,000 visitors break a new record at Canterbury Museum
Monday, 13 June 2016, 2:47 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has welcomed a record breaking 700,000 visitors in the current financial year, 17 days before the year has ended. More >>
