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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.
Canterbury Museum - Latest News [Page 8]
Scott statue returns to public view
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 12:26 pm | Canterbury Museum
The battered and broken statue of Captain Robert Falcon Scott has been installed in the foyer of Canterbury Museum’s special exhibition, Quake City, while heritage experts plan its restoration. More >>
Moa Diet Fits The Bill
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 1:49 pm | Canterbury Museum
Moa Diet Fits The Bill Medical scanners, and the same software used to assess building strength after the Canterbury earthquakes, have revealed new information about the diet and dining preferences of the now extinct New Zealand moa. More >>
Museum welcomes two new tarantulas
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 12:39 pm | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum has welcomed two new live tarantulas to Discovery, its natural history centre for kids. More >>
Council approves land gift for Ravenscar House Museum
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 12:54 pm | Canterbury Museum
Ravenscar Trust Co-Chairs, Jim and Dr Susan Wakefield and Canterbury Museum Director, Anthony Wright have welcomed today’s decision by Christchurch City Council to gift land to Canterbury Museum for the proposed Ravenscar House Museum. More >>
A Victorian Christmas in the Christchurch Heritage Street
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 1:32 pm | Canterbury Museum
Step back in time to A Victorian Christmas at Canterbury Museum. From 19 to 23 December, Canterbury Museum will bring to life the magic of Christmas in the heritage Christchurch Street , with a daily appearance by Father Christmas and entertainment for all to ... More >>
Searching for Santa more fun than ever
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 1:15 pm | Canterbury Museum
The Great Museum Santa Search returns to Canterbury Museum next week. From 7 December families are invited to search all over the Museum for toy Santas that have been cleverly hidden in amongst the exhibits. More >>
Oldest fossil tropicbird found in Waipara, North Canterbury
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 10:30 am | Canterbury Museum
Researchers from Canterbury Museum and Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, have discovered near Waipara/North Canterbury (on New Zealand’s South Island), what is probably the oldest example of a relative of today’s tropicbirds. More >>
‘Iron Man’ exhibition opens at Museum
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 11:05 am | Canterbury Museum
The corrugated curves and forms of sculptures by artist Jeff Thomson – the ‘iron man’ of Australasia – will be on display from 4 December 2015 at Canterbury Museum. More >>
New Da Vinci Mechanics Exhibition opens on Saturday
Monday, 23 November 2015, 12:14 pm | Canterbury Museum
A new exhibition featuring the machines, models and masterpieces of Italian genius, Leonardo da Vinci, opens at Canterbury Museum on Saturday, 28 November. More >>
New species find in Central Otago
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 10:01 am | Canterbury Museum
A new species of shorebird, dating from a time when New Zealand was covered in subtropical forests and crocodiles roamed parts of the South Island, has been found near St Bathans in Central Otago. More >>
Youth poetry competition to mark earthquakes anniversary
Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 12:31 pm | Canterbury Museum
Budding poets in Years 4 to 8, are invited to enter a short poem in the ‘Bloom Poetry Competition’, a collaboration between Poetica, The River of Flowers project and Canterbury Museum. More >>
‘Arts and crafts’ sideboard takes up residence in Museum
Friday, 18 September 2015, 11:50 am | Canterbury Museum
A 2.8 metre high wooden sideboard, carved with mythical creatures by a 22-year-old woman in 1891, has gone on display in the foyer of Canterbury Museum. More >>
New visitor attraction planned for Christchurch
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 9:26 am | Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum and the Ravenscar Trust today unveiled plans for New Zealand’s first contemporary house museum to display the Trust’s collections of New Zealand arts, sculpture, designer furniture and classical antiquities. More >>
Creep and Crawl After Dark at the Museum
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:39 am | Canterbury Museum
Grab a torch and bring the family to a creepy crawly night at Canterbury Museum! More >>
How an Entire House Was Reused to Save It From Waste
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:28 pm | Canterbury Museum
Workshops and Events Explain How an Entire House Was Reused to Save It From Waste More >>
From Waste to Precious Artefacts
Monday, 18 May 2015, 10:47 am | Canterbury Museum
The unique challenge of reusing an entire house to save it from waste has formed the basis for a new and inspiring exhibition called Whole House Reuse to open at Canterbury Museum on 5 June 2015. More >>
Get up close with New Zealand’s most common predators
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 3:02 pm | Canterbury Museum
Get up close with New Zealand’s most common predators in a new exhibition at Canterbury Museum opening on Saturday, 18 April 2015. Spiders Pūngāwerewere Up Close! features 40 of New Zealand’s more commonly-found spiders illustrated in large high quality ... More >>
Major milestones for Museum visitor attractions
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 4:15 pm | Canterbury Museum
Two Canterbury Museum exhibitions – Quake City and Fred & Myrtle’s Paua Shell House - have notched up significant milestones: More >>
Hillary Scott Base tractor secured in partnership
Friday, 13 March 2015, 4:12 pm | Canterbury Museum
A Ferguson tractor, used by Sir Edmund Hillary’s party at the newly-constructed Scott Base during the British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955 – 58, has been secured for public ownership through a public private partnership between ... More >>
Designer’s Thoughts on Our New National Flag
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 12:16 pm | Canterbury Museum
Designer and author Michael Smythe offers his thoughts on designs for a new New Zealand flag in a free public talk on 17 March. He will present his personal view that there has been a ‘long-running plot to raise the fern’s status to the primary ... More >>
