
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.

Fake Roman emperors, dying gladiators and frolicking cupids
Free
Christchurch Botanic Gardens Kiosk
The first art exhibition held at Canterbury Museum in 1870 featured many treasures from classical Greek and Roman culture.

Adventurous Artist: Margaret Stoddart
Free
Botanic Gardens Kiosk, central Christchurch
Canterbury artist Margaret Stoddart went on two adventures to the Chatham Islands.