Canterbury Museum

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Canterbury Museum

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Canterbury Museum

The Canterbury Museum is a museum located in Christchurch, New Zealand in the city's Cultural Precinct. This small provincial museum was built in 1867 and has since grown in size to encompass New Zealand's diverse natural and human heritage. The Museum has become a widely-renowned and an internationally-visited institution. The Museum has more than two million collection items and specializes in the stories of early Maori, European settlement and Antarctic exploration.

 

 

 

William Rolleston

 

Julius von Haast

 

 

Natural Heritage of New Zealand

 

Albatross

 

 

 

 

Kea

 

Kiwi

 Moriori culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hunting the Moa

 

 

Māori skirt

 

footwear

Scrimshaw

 

 

 

 

One Man's Collection

 

 

 

 

Antarctic Shell House

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