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June 2018
Mid Winter Burty Challenge
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Find out more »December 2018
Summer Burty Challenge
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Find out more »July 2019
Mid Winter Burty Challenge
The Burty Challenge is back! Drop in and pick up a challenge card and collect your stamp by doing our treasure bag activity! Don’t forget to also visit the Ashburton Library, Ashburton Domain, and EA Networks Centre. Follow us on Facebook to learn more about what’s on at Ashburton Museum.
Find out more »July 2022
School Holiday activity – map making
Our natural environment is very important in keeping the cultural identity of Ngāi Tahu alive. To honour the environments our tūpuna (ancestors) moved through in Te Waipounamu (The South Island), and particular mahika kai (natural resources), make an arty map of the Hakatere district at the Gallery and Museum! Cost: Free; drop in anytime Ages: All welcome
Find out more »WORKSHOP ALCHEMY: transform
Be inspired by your beautiful local landscape! Come and create ceramic touch stones using local materials and earth colours from your unique geographic area of the Ashburton district. Explore the shapes in your special braided rivers that run from the mountains to the sea, and transform ceramic materials into your own set of rocks and pebbles. During this session artists Amanda Greenfield and Tatyanna Meharry will share with you their own journey through the landscape and introduce you to new…
Find out more »School holiday activity – Imagine Hat!
When you use your imagination, you can make-believe anything you want it to be. You can imagine a stick is a magic wand, broccoli are dinosaur trees, or a cardboard box is a rocket ship. Come to the Gallery and Museum this school holiday to make an imagination hat! Create a hat that transforms you into your favourite book character. And here’s the best bit . . . your hat doesn’t need to look like the character you choose, you…
Find out more »Grandparents Day Arts & Crafts
Grandparents Day is a day to acknowledge and celebrate the important contribution made by grandparents to the wellbeing and education of children within their family. It is an opportunity for family to show their gratitude and respect for the older generation and to honour grandparents. This year, the Gallery and Museum invites families and whānau to make a wall hanging gift for their grandparents as make a token of Aroha. Cost: Free; drop any time during the day Ages: All welcome
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