Canterbury Museum

Join Canterbury Museum on their journey of change

Visit Canterbury Museum at CoCA to enjoy collection highlights and temporary exhibitions while our Rolleston Avenue buildings are being redeveloped.

One half of the pop-up museum at 66 Gloucester Street in central Christchurch is dedicated to visitor favourites and stunning objects from the collection, while the other half displays temporary exhibitions featuring everything from dinosaurs, artworks and wildlife photography.

Highlights to explore

Around half the pop-up Museum is dedicated to collection highlights and visitor favourites from the Museum’s permanent galleries. The other half displays temporary exhibitions.

On display are taonga (treasures) which represent the breadth and depth of the Museum's collection ranging from taxidermied animals through to historic objects from the Antarctic, Mountfort and Early Settlers galleries. Visitors can also see beautiful taonga Māori and Pasifika alongside the return of two firm visitor favourites, the horse from The Christchurch Street and Ivan Mauger’s gold bike.

Opening hours:

• 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (October to March)
• 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (April to September)