Summer Holiday Activities 2024/25

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

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…

Two O’Clock Tours | Michael Greaves

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

An artist preoccupied with the philosophical questions surrounding painting and its purpose in the 21st century, Michael Greaves tests how memories and ideas about the things of the world can…

Great Southern Railway history talk | Michael Ross

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

Join us on Wednesday 29 January at 5.30pm for a special talk by Michael Ross, a Whakatere Ashburton local, about the history of railway here in Waitaha Canterbury. Michael will…

Finger-knitting workshop with Wesley John Fourie

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

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…

Island Breeze

Join us for our monthly Pasifika wāhine art and craft session in Ashburton! If singing, chatting, and art sounds like your cup of tea, come along on the third Thursday of every month from 1pm - 3.45pm. Island Breeze welcomes Māori and Pasifika. Kai is provided. Contact Fifita on 027 529 0022 for more details.…