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Every day except Christmas

Collection Highlights

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    Free entry, donations appreciated

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    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.

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13 February to 14 June

Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction

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    Free

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    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.

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28 March to 11 October

Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga

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    Free

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    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.

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21 March to 17 May

Our Insect Neighbours

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    Free

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    Tūranga Library, 60 Cathedral Square

See all sorts of wondrous critters from Canterbury Museum's Discovery space!

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8 July, 6.00 pm

Terra Nova Illustrated

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    Free, booking required

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    Tūranga Library, 60 Cathedral Square

Celebrated historian David Wilson tells stories from his latest book about the Terra Nova expedition.

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16 June 10.00 am

Selwyn in the Spotlight

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    Free

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    Botanic Gardens kiosk

Discover the history of Selwyn through a rich tapestry of objects from the Canterbury Museum collection.

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21 July 10.00 am

Digging Deep

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    Free

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    Botanic Gardens kiosk, Christchurch

Senior Curator Julia Bradshaw reveals how she discovered the hidden histories of women on the New Zealand goldfields for her latest book.

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Opens 26 June

Tails from the Coasts

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    Free

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    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.