Join the Museum on an epic journey of change as we reimagine and redevelop not just the buildings, but the institution itself. Follow the rebuild progress and discover inspiring stories behind the Museum collection.
- Andrea Webley
- A Lost World Unearthed: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old kākāpō ancestor
- A painting's voyage from country estate to the Museum
- X-Ray Mystery Solved
- Ancient Aotearoa New Zealand was a paradise for penguins with giant pointy beaks
- The Epic Museum Journey
- Antarctic Explorers
- Bird mystery solved thanks to DNA tech
- A gallery on stilts
- Adele Jackson
- Anthony Wright
- Araiteuru, the Museum Redevelopment Journey Ramps Up
- A special wharenui explores Māori stories
- About us
- Aotearoa's shark-toothed and deadly carnivorous snails
- Boredom, brutality and art on a whaling ship
- About us
- From Working Class Lad to Brigadier General
- A Victorian Christmas in the Christchurch Heritage Street
- A hundred years of preserving settler history
- From family heirloom to Museum treasure
- A living panorama: parasols in Canterbury
- Big Fish on the Move
- Air New Zealand's 75th exhibition to land in Christchurch
- Art in the palm of your hand
- 700,000 visitors break a new record at Canterbury Museum
- Artefacts from the first building in Antarctica to be conserved in Christchurch
- Admiring Admirals in Canterbury
- A Mystery to be Solved at Canterbury Museum
- Air New Zealand's 75th exhibition makes South Island debut
- Air New Zealand show drives record visitor numbers
- Museum to Pop Up in CoCA Building
- Bespoke Box Building
- Birds in Lifejackets
- Blockbuster Dinosaur Exhibition Coming to Canterbury Museum
- A Birthday Present for Wee Jessie
- Bald Haast's Eagle Feasted on Moa Guts
- An Un-egg-spected Find
- Benjamin Work Talks About His Giant Mural, Motutapu II
- A Tiny Treasure
- A Respectable Sport
- A Royal Birthday
- Art Exhibition Tackles Canterbury’s Fresh Water Issues
- African Origins for the Enigmatic Adzebill
- An Artist's Gift
- Acclimatisation or Assassination?
- A Castaway's Salvation
- Arthur Lilly's 'Life' in Concert
- Beautiful Botanicals
- Behind the Tattooists' Art
- A Big Bird's Egg
- 46 Days of Geological Discovery
- A Disaster Set in Stone
- 784,756 visitors in 2016-17 is an all-time record at Canterbury Museum
- A Warrior's Weapon
- Australasian First for Museum Staff
- An Ancient Connection
- A Gardener's Best
- Air New Zealand's 75th Exhibition Extends its Southern Stay
- Ancient penguins lived alongside dinosaurs?
- Adjustable Marriages: Relationships, Divorce and Bigamy on the Goldfields
- Air New Zealand 737 cockpit joins 75th exhibition
- Artwork rescued from rubble installed in special Museum exhibition
- An Adventurous Artist
- Adventures in Taxidermy
- Ancient beauty
- Body Beautiful
- 1970s Chic
- Back on top
- Artistic and Scientific Marvels


