In the City
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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.

He Riri Awatea: Filming the New Zealand Wars
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Epic tales from Aotearoa New Zealand’s bloody past explored through film.

Commemorating Mountfort
Free
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Explore the work of the man who shaped Victorian Christchurch.

Ōtautahi Christchurch Festival of Archaeology
Free
Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House
Come celebrate Archaeology with us!
Touring Exhibitions
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Ancient New Zealand
Free
New Brighton Library, 213 Marine Parade, New Brighton
Learn how scientists are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.

Canterbury's New Museum
Free
Rangiora Library
If you’ve been missing Canterbury Museum’s blue whale skeleton since it left public display 30 years ago, then you are in for a treat.

Bugs in Your Backyard
Free
Hurunui District Library, 111 Carters Road, Amberley 7410
Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.
All Events

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
Hurunui District Library, 111 Carters Road, Amberley 7410
Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.

Ancient New Zealand
Free
New Brighton Library, 213 Marine Parade, New Brighton
Learn how scientists are piecing together the ancient past through a treasure trove of fossils found in North Canterbury.

Canterbury's New Museum
Free
Rangiora Library
If you’ve been missing Canterbury Museum’s blue whale skeleton since it left public display 30 years ago, then you are in for a treat.

Commemorating Mountfort
Free
Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Explore the work of the man who shaped Victorian Christchurch.

He Riri Awatea: Filming the New Zealand Wars
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Epic tales from Aotearoa New Zealand’s bloody past explored through film.

Ōtautahi Christchurch Festival of Archaeology
Free
Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House
Come celebrate Archaeology with us!