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.

Our Insect Neighbours
Free
Tūranga Library, 60 Cathedral Square
See all sorts of wondrous creepy crawlies, including a native praying mantis.
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.