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Bugs at the Museum 

The bugs are back! Canterbury Museum’s much-loved insect drawers, which have fascinated and entertained children for decades, will be back on display in the Bugs at the Museum exhibition.

Bugs at the Museum
One of the many insect drawers that will return to public display.

Slide open the glass-topped drawers of curiosity and immerse yourself once again in the tiny and beguiling world of insects. The drawers, which contain hundreds of insect specimens from the Museum collection, were a popular attraction in the Discovery gallery for many years.

The pop-up exhibition also features beautiful photographs taken using a special lens that offers an extreme close-up of insect specimens in all their colourful, prickly and bug-eyed glory.