This summer, we have free activities running every day! Drop in anytime between 10am and 4pm to get involved. Check out our list of activities below.   Paper Hand Wreath 01 December - 14 December 10AM - 4PM daily Create, decorate & celebrate! Gather your family and make a DIY hand print wreath to celebrate…

Join us for the opening of two new exhibitions: Falling if not Flying by Michael Greaves, and and with his kiss i became a braided river by Wesley John Fourie. Falling if not Flying builds on the last four years of Michael Greaves’ painting practice, from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the…

The Great Santa Hunt is back on at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum these school holidays with a special late night opening event on Wednesday 18 December, so get your torches ready!   All the lights will be turned off, so you’ll need your torches for the late night opening hunt to find the…

Unfortunately, mishandled baggage and lost luggage can sometimes be a part of the travel experience. But how can you minimise the chances of this happening? To celebrate our exhibition Lost Luggage, join us for a talk by Maryann & Olivera from Air New Zealand where we will learn about the airline's lost luggage history. They…

Wesley John Fourie’s exhibition 'and with his kiss i became a braided river' showcases a total of 2100 metres of finger knitting, mimicking (at 1/100 scale) the branches of Whakatere Ashburton river. Wesley works across multiple media, but one element of their practice is the production of hand-knitted scale models of rivers, including Te Awa…