In the City
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Collection Highlights
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Free entry, donations appreciated
Visit the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up for collection highlights and visitor favourites while the main Museum is being redeveloped.

Wharenui Harikoa
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
The joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa is coming to Christchurch.

Love and Wool in the City
Gloucester Street
Free
To celebrate the joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa, Canterbury Museum has partnered with Gap Filler to yarn bomb the city.

Pest Control at the Museum
Free
Botanic Gardens kiosk, Christchurch
How do we keep lice, borer and moths from eating our collection?

“The Architect of Canterbury”: Benjamin Mountfort at 200
Free
Great Hall, The Arts Centre, Christchurch
Join us in a celebration of the man who shaped Victorian Christchurch and designed Canterbury Museum's much-loved heritage buildings.
Touring Exhibitions
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Bugs in Your Backyard
Kaiapoi Library, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi
Free
Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.

Ancient New Zealand
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Free
Learn how scientists are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.
All Events

Collection Highlights
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Free entry, donations appreciated
Visit the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up for collection highlights and visitor favourites while the main Museum is being redeveloped.

Bugs in Your Backyard
Kaiapoi Library, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi
Free
Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.

Ancient New Zealand
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Free
Learn how scientists are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.

Love and Wool in the City
Gloucester Street
Free
To celebrate the joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa, Canterbury Museum has partnered with Gap Filler to yarn bomb the city.

Wharenui Harikoa
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
The joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa is coming to Christchurch.

Pest Control at the Museum
Free
Botanic Gardens kiosk, Christchurch
How do we keep lice, borer and moths from eating our collection?

“The Architect of Canterbury”: Benjamin Mountfort at 200
Free
Great Hall, The Arts Centre, Christchurch
Join us in a celebration of the man who shaped Victorian Christchurch and designed Canterbury Museum's much-loved heritage buildings.