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Collection Highlights
Free entry, donations appreciated
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
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
Free
Gloucester Street
To celebrate the joyful and vibrant Wharenui Harikoa, Canterbury Museum has partnered with Gap Filler to yarn bomb the city.

A Dance Film for Wharenui Harikoa
Free
Tūranga
Come and see a special dance film shot inside the vibrant Wharenui Harikoa exhibition!

Canterbury Museum at Children's Day
Free
Cuthberts Green , Bromley
Join us at our Canterbury Museum stall at the free Te Rā O Ngā Tamariki Children's Day event.

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.

Just to Have You Adore More Me panel talk
Free
Tūranga TSB Space
Join artists Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole and choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a kōrero on the creation of 'Just to Have You Adore Me', the dance film woven into the heart of 'Wharenui Harikoa'.

Wharenui Harikoa artist talk
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Join the creators of Wharenui Harikoa, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, for an intimate talk about the journey, inspiration, and the cultural significance of their monumental work.

Whakamana - Embodied Research Lab with Tiaki Kerei
$10
Tūranga TSB Space
Join choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a 2-hour movement experience.
Touring Exhibitions
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Bugs in Your Backyard
Free
Kaiapoi Library, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi
Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.

Ancient New Zealand
Free
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Learn how scientists are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.
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Collection Highlights
Free entry, donations appreciated
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Visit the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up for collection highlights and visitor favourites while the main Museum is being redeveloped.

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

Ancient New Zealand
Free
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
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
Free
Gloucester Street
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.

A Dance Film for Wharenui Harikoa
Free
Tūranga
Come and see a special dance film shot inside the vibrant Wharenui Harikoa exhibition!

Canterbury Museum at Children's Day
Free
Cuthberts Green , Bromley
Join us at our Canterbury Museum stall at the free Te Rā O Ngā Tamariki Children's Day event.

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.

Whakamana - Embodied Research Lab with Tiaki Kerei
$10
Tūranga TSB Space
Join choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a 2-hour movement experience.

Just to Have You Adore More Me panel talk
Free
Tūranga TSB Space
Join artists Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole and choreographer Tiaki Kerei for a kōrero on the creation of 'Just to Have You Adore Me', the dance film woven into the heart of 'Wharenui Harikoa'.

Wharenui Harikoa artist talk
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Join the creators of Wharenui Harikoa, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, for an intimate talk about the journey, inspiration, and the cultural significance of their monumental work.