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.
Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction
Free
Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street
Experience a close encounter with dinosaur skeletons, including a 9-metre-long relative of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex.
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.
Our Insect Neighbours
Free
Tūranga Library, 60 Cathedral Square
See all sorts of wondrous critters from Canterbury Museum's Discovery space!
Meet the Mini-Beasts
Free
Various Christchurch City Library locations.
Meet live stick insects and explore the incredible world of insects with Canterbury Museum.
Mahoe Mini Bioblitz
Free
Mahoe Reserve, 34 Boundary Road, Lincoln
Get ready for a family adventure! Join Canterbury Museum for a Mini Bioblitz!
Touring Exhibitions
Visit
Canterbury's New Museum
Free
Kaiapoi Library & Service Centre
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
Te Pito Huarewa Gallery, Tūranga, Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central
Discover a tiny world of insects in your backyard with a new exhibition touring Canterbury.