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He is supported by the Strategy Team who develop and lead the successful delivery of Museum strategy. We hold the world's largest collection of Antarctic objects from the heroic age of exploration and discovery. The Canterbury Museum is a registered Charitable Trust, the governance of which is vested in the Canterbury Museum Trust Board, and as set out in the Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act 1993. one member appointed by the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Audit and Risk Committee comprising four board members including the Chair. The Committee is also responsible for ensuring that a risk management strategy is in place. See what jobs are currently available and how to hire the Museum as a venue for your event. Find out more about the people and the organisation behind Canterbury Museum.
We hold the world's largest collection of Antarctic objects from the heroic age of exploration and discovery. We hold the world's largest collection of Antarctic objects from the heroic age of exploration and discovery. Canterbury Museum is a registered Charitable Trust, the governance of which is vested in the Canterbury Museum Trust Board, and set out in the Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act 1993. We hold the world's largest collection of Antarctic objects from the heroic age of exploration and discovery.
Canterbury Museum will own the house museum and operate it jointly with the Trust. We hold the world's largest collection of Antarctic objects from the heroic age of exploration and discovery. He was appointed Geologist to the Canterbury Provincial Council in 1861 and excavated the great deposit of moa bones found in 1866 at Glenmark Station by the owner G H Moore during the draining of a swamp. Exchanges, mainly of moa bones and bird skins, enabled Haast to form the basis of the Canterbury Museum Collection which in his day became one of the leading museums in the Southern Hemisphere.
The new building on Antigua Street now Rolleston Avenue was opened by the Superintendent of Canterbury, William Rolleston, on 8 February 1870 and the opening art exhibition ran until April. The building was designed by B W Mountfort and built of grey basalt from the Halswell Quarry with rhyolite facings. This was entered from the Botanic Gardens and was again of Halswell basalt but with facings of dressed trachyte. In 1876 there was a further addition of a right angled two storey wing fronting Antigua Street now Rolleston Avenue , built of basalt from Garland’s quarry on the Port Hills, with a porch held up by pillars of Hoon Hay basalt added the following year.
Membership of the Board included representatives of local authorities and other organisations, much the same as it does today. He negotiated the loan of the W O Oldman Collection of Polynesian and Maori Artefacts and the gifting of the Rewi Alley Collection of objects from China. Active collecting continues in this international point of difference for Canterbury Museum. Additional text sourced from Guide to the Collections in Canterbury Museum , published by Canterbury Museum Trust Canterbury Museum Trust Board Annual Report 1948.
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Haast, a graduate of the University of Bonn, had come to New Zealand in 1858 to report on its suitability for German emigration but did not return to Germany. He was appointed Geologist to the Canterbury Provincial Council in 1861 and excavated the great deposit of moa bones found in 1866 at Glenmark Station by the owner G H Moore during the draining of a swamp. Exchanges, mainly of moa bones and bird skins, enabled Haast to form the basis of the Canterbury Museum Collection which in his day became one of the leading museums in the Southern Hemisphere. The new building on Antigua Street now Rolleston Avenue was opened by the Superintendent of Canterbury, William Rolleston, on 8 February 1870 and the opening art exhibition ran until April.
The building was designed by B W Mountfort and built of grey basalt from the Halswell Quarry with rhyolite facings. This building now houses the Mountfort Gallery and is surrounded by later additions. This was entered from the Botanic Gardens and was again of Halswell basalt but with facings of dressed trachyte. In 1876 there was a further addition of a right angled two storey wing fronting Antigua Street now Rolleston Avenue , built of basalt from Garland’s quarry on the Port Hills, with a porch held up by pillars of Hoon Hay basalt added the following year.
It reads, Lo these are parts of His ways but how little a portion is heard of Him Job 26. In June 1874 management was handed over to the Board of Governors of Canterbury College on which all the former trustees were included. Membership of the Board included representatives of local authorities and other organisations, much the same as it does today. A representative of Ngai Tahu was included wh

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