Panorama showing the front of the Canterbury Museum next to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.

Canterbury Museum - Christchurch visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Canterbury Museum' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Canterbury.

Canterbury Museum stands next to the Cristchurch Botanic Gardens and oppostie the Christchurch Arts Centre. Here is the opportunity to explore New Zealand's rich cultural and natural heritage. The Canterbury Museum has numerous permanent exhibitions and various temporary exhibitions. These include:

• Our Land and Animals - natural wildlife of New Zealand, the Kiwi, Moa, 12 million year old fossil crabs and much more.
• Design New Zealand - Colonial fashions through the ages, ball gowns, textiles and designs.
• Antarctica - The bottom of the world, with life like dioramas exploring the wonders of Antarctica, it's explorers and animals like the Emperor Penguins.
• Windows on the World - artifacts from all over the earth, including an amazing collection of glass models of marine invertebrates made by father and son glassworkers, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. Chinese glass snuff bottles dating form 1644-1911 AD. This and more from everywhere.
• Iwi tawhito - Treasures from the ancestors. The Iwi Tawhito and Ngâ Taonga galleries display artifacts from the First Peoples including Kiwi feather cloaks (Kahu kiwi) worn by the rulers, Moa eggs and other carvings.
• Peoples of Waitaha/Canterbury - History of European settlement of Canterbury and various items collected over time.

Canterbury Museum
Rolleston Avenue
Christchurch, Canterbury 8013, New Zealand
+64 3 366 5000

Tram to Christchurch Arts Centre.