Canterbury Museum - Christchurch Central City
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Contact Canterbury Museum
| Address : | Canterbury Museum 11 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand |
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| Postal code : | 8013 |
| Website : | https://www.canterburymuseum.com/ |
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| Description : | Displays on Christchurch and Canterbury, including Maori and Antarctic discovery collections. |
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Rebekah Gale on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Excellent museum in the heart of Christchurch city. Fantastic rainy day activity for the kids, and you'll find something new each time you visit. Situated right beside the lovely botanic gardens, it makes for a good day trip to the city. There's a great gift shop in the museum with heaps of unique NZ items. There's also a 'discovery' room for kids that costs $2 and has lots of hands on activities for kids, including a live tarantula inclosure. Lots to learn at this museum about NZ history, NZ native wildlife and bugs, and how our ancestors lived their lives. Highly recommend! And it's free to enter.
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Sampath Kumar on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Spent quality time here. Can see the culture art, history and knowledgeable place. Take your time explore each bit of place
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Joshua Martinsen on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I really loved my time at the Canterbury museum. I thought there was a really obvious intention to centre the stories of Tangata Whenua and to speak responsibly about the history of our indigenous cultures. I really appreciated this effort- though as pakeha
it’s not my place to review how effective this was. My friend and I really enjoyed the interactive exhibits. I thought it was great that the museum was trialling the incorporation of more accessible features to help neurodiverse folk navigate and enjoy the museum. This emphasis on accessibility is extremely important and I really can’t say enough how important it is- especially in spaces like this which should be made for the community to share. I also included an image of the “beware of the glass” sign, because I laughed at it and made a joke about how some idiot must’ve walked into the glass, leading to the sign being installed. As I said that, I went to jokingly mime how one might walk into the glass. I ended up walking straight into the glass myself and hitting my head. It’s hard to see, and slanted in a deceptive manner. Don’t underestimate it.
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Shaun Hartley on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Awesome place to go and caters for all ages..and it's free plus situated on the outskirts of botanic gardens which is well worth a stroll round.
At the moment there's a pay to see Dinosaur exhibition which is small but really brilliant and will blow your mind with what scientists now believe dinosaurs really looked like!
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Emma on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The dinos where awesome. Must see. $10 for adults and $5 for children. The Maori section was more of a racist view of our history. But the rest was pretty cool. Because of the dino section a large section of the museum has been blocked
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Lynne Williams on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great displays, so much for all ages to do. Discovery is a place you could spend hours in. We went to see the Dinosaurs exhibition, lots to discuss with dinosaur loving children
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Dane Garrett on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Awesome attraction. Great range of displays and history. My favorite part was the bird hall. Lots of lovely birds there.
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Michael Witbrock on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of my favourite places in the world. The simulated historical shopping street is a particular delight and had been since childhood decades ago. A must visit in the Botanical Gardens and Arts Centre area.
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