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.
Wharenui Harikoa
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
It’s your last chance to see the bright and beautiful Wharenui Harikoa.
Artist Talk in Wharenui Harikoa
Free drop-in session
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Join the creators of Wharenui Harikoa, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, for an intimate talk and a celebration of their artwork's last weekend in 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.
Evening Exploration Extravaganza
Free
Climate Action Campus, 180 Avonside Drive, Avonside
Hunt bugs at night and discover the exciting creepy crawlies that come out after dark.
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.
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
It’s your last chance to see the bright and beautiful Wharenui Harikoa.
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.
Monitoring albatross at the edge of the world
Free
Christchurch Botanic Gardens kiosk
How do you count albatross on a remote rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
Evening Exploration Extravaganza
Free
Climate Action Campus, 180 Avonside Drive, Avonside
Hunt bugs at night and discover the exciting creepy crawlies that come out after dark.
Artist Talk in Wharenui Harikoa
Free drop-in session
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Join the creators of Wharenui Harikoa, Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, for an intimate talk and a celebration of their artwork's last weekend in Christchurch.
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!