Canterbury Museum

The government is providing $10m from the Regional Culture and Heritage Fund for Canterbury Museum’s redevelopment.

Toka Tū Ake EQC has renewed its sponsorship of the Quake City exhibition at Canterbury Museum for another three years.

Canterbury Museum will open its pop-up museum in Christchurch with a free exhibition starting on the Matariki public holiday on 14 July.

Canterbury Museum has found its new pop-up home at the CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki.

It is the biggest move in the Christchurch attraction’s history.

Canterbury Museum is packing its bags and moving to a new temporary premises as part of a major redevelopment project that could take up to five years.

Canterbury Museum founder Sir Julius von Haast’s 200 birthday celebrations are being recognised in an online symposium this weekend.

Christchurch City Council has granted resource consent for the proposed redevelopment of Canterbury Museum.

Ravenscar House Museum set to open to public in October.

Canterbury Museum director Anthony Wright says a proposed $195m redevelopment is needed to protect the historic buildings and collections.

Canterbury Museum and its special exhibition Quake City (above) have had another record summer with 276,061 visitors during the last three months.