In the City
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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.
Touring Exhibitions
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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.