Canterbury Museum

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Lonely Planet review

The absorbing Canterbury Museum has amassed a wonderful collection of natural and manmade items of significance to NZ. Highlights include the Maori gallery, with some stunning pounamu (greenstone or jade) pieces; the coracle in the Antarctic Hall used by a group shipwrecked on Disappointment Island in 1907; and the child-oriented Discovery (admission NZ$2 ), with interactive displays and living exhibits such as docile tarantulas.