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.
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
Free
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 312 Montreal Street
A new exhibition featuring 50 extraordinary tāoga (treasured objects) from Canterbury Museum’s extensive Pacific collections.
Tails from the Coasts
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up
Enter a fascinating world of bearcats that smell of popcorn, fish that can climb trees and the world’s only venomous primate.
Fossil Fun Drop-in Event
Free
Christchurch City Libraries
Discover prehistoric fun with Canterbury Museum at Christchurch City libraries for free dinosaur themed pop-up events these September and October school holidays!
Bug Bioblitz with Te Ara Ātea
Free
Te Ara Ātea
Take part in a bug bioblitz with Canterbury Museum’s very own bug experts at Te Ara Ātea!
Christchurch to The Hague
Free, booking required
Te Whare Maukāroko
A new exhibition will explore and celebrate how Christchurch played a major role on the world stage to win a landmark anti-nuclear ruling.
Adventurous Artist: Margaret Stoddart
Free
Botanic Gardens Kiosk, central Christchurch
Canterbury artist Margaret Stoddart went on two adventures to the Chatham Islands.
The Canterbury Potters Association 53rd Annual Exhibition
Free
Ō Papa Gallery, CoCA, 66 Gloucester Street
Buy a beautiful piece of pottery to take home.