South Canterbury Museum on NZ Museums

The South Canterbury Museum has a collection and programme focus on the South Canterbury region. Collections include natural history specimens, Maori artefacts, European settlement, recent social history and documentary history. Permanent exhibitions focus on South Canterbury topics while temporary exhibitions explore a variety of cultural and nature topics.

Contact Details

P O Box 522, Timaru

64-3-687 7212

museum@timdc.govt.nz

www.timaru.govt.nz/museum

Visitor Information

Perth Street, Timaru

Tue-Fri 10am 4.30pm Sat-Sun, Public holidays 1:30pm 4.30pm

Free

Facilities

Wheelchair access

Reference library

Membership club

Other Facilities

Explore some collection highlights here - or search our larger online catalogue on our website! (Click on the web link above)

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Entire Collection - View All (142)

Art - View All (3)

Bust - 'Young Pomare'; Lovatt, Thomas Norman; 1966-67; 967/147.1

Statuettes; Late 19th – Early 20th Century; 984/70.3-4

History - View All (72)

Teamaker, Automatic; B V C Engineering Company Ltd (Goblin); c.1954-1960; 1994/72.2a-e

Crock; Doulton & Co; 1875-1883; 2007/140.04

Clock, shelf; William L Gilbert Clock Company; 1903; 2009/209.01

Insignia; Garrard & Co Ltd; 1923; 947/24.1

Music, Sheet; Ouimette, Adelia; c.1865-1874; 944/20.1

Natural Science - View All (10)

Brown Kiwi Egg Specimen; Apteryx mantelli; 954/20.1938a

Mounted Laughing Owl (Whekau) Specimen; Sceloglaux albifacies; 2002/214.02

Mounted Brown Kiwi Specimens; Apteryx mantelli; 2005/258.1-2

Mounted Yellow-Crowned Parakeet (Kakariki) Specimen; Cyanoramphus auriceps; 2002/215.03

Mounted Kakapo Specimen; Strigops habroptilus; 2002/210.020

Photography and Multimedia - View All (57)

Stafford Street South, Timaru N.Z.; Ferrier, William; 1900-1906; 2177

[Parr's Windmill, Timaru]; Ferrier, William; 1872-1888; 1143

[Cecil Woods and his motor car]; Mahan; 1901-1902; 1374

Elizabeth Street Timaru from Stafford House / [Caroline Bay]; 1903-1910; 2339

[Traction engine with four wagons loaded with wool bales outside Miles & Co Limited, Timaru]; 1895-1915; 1828

Evans' Atlas Roller Flour Milling Company, Timaru, N.Z.; Ferrier, William; 1889-1897; 2775

Explore By Object Tags

00919488890109 "1173 port chalmers" 17 1958 "bel leek" blotter "burkes pass" cricket "dog trails" dress "edward peach william miles" "ehooper 1867" "flour 1947" flynnosborne flynnosborneififr "fulbert archer" "george boddy" "george hilton fruiterer" httpsnzhistorygovtnzsuffragistmarivogeler "j j grandi" k81349 "late victorian" lovebala74yahoocoin marua milton "new mellenium shearers" "new zealand shipping co ship" no411 "other awards" "pomare ii" "railway stations" station temuka timaru tle "transporting passengers from temuka railway st6ation after flood damage 1951" trophy "value in dollars" "wedding dress canterbury museum" "wmj gilbert co winstedconn usa"