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  • Tāngata Ngāi Tahu / People of Ngāi Tahu Volume Two

    Tāngata Ngāi Tahu Talk

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

    Join co-editor and project lead Helen Brown and other members of the Tāngata Ngāi Tahu team as they highlight the lives and contributions of Ngāi Tahu people associated with the Mid Canterbury area whose biographies are featured in Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, Volumes One and Two. The recently published second volume of Tāngata Ngāi Tahu celebrates…

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  • Art Addicts

    Art Addicts

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

    EVERY WEDNESDAY 3:00 - 4:30PM | DURING THE SCHOOL TERMS Art Addicts (AA) is the Gallery’s weekly art space for kids during the school term. Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum to get creative and explore different materials and themes in art. Art Addicts is all about a…

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  • Bobbie Barwell: Capturing People and Places

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

    Explore the life, career and photographs of one of Ashburton’s earliest female photographers, ‘Bobbie’ Barwell of Barwell Studios. A woman who was not confined by the social constructs of her time, Bobbie’s photographs capture life in Hakatere Ashburton and Te Waipounamu in the 1930s and 40s, with her passion for the outdoors shining through. Her…

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  • Spotlight on Burnett Street

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

    Burnett Street lies in the bustling heart of our town, having catered to the needs of our growing population since the early 1870s. Although few physical remnants from that earliest era remain, our display of stories, photos and archives will capture the changing landscape, lives and businesses of one of Ashburton’s busiest streets. Join us…

  • Summer Burty Challenge 2022/23

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

    School is almost out, but there are plenty of activities to keep young people busy over the holidays, including the annual Burty challenge involving the library, art gallery and museum, open spaces and EA Networks Centre. Youngsters are challenged to do two specific tasks at each of the locations, have their challenge card stamped and…

  • Tūhura Tuarangi: School Holiday Activities

    Discover the wonders of space using arts and crafts these school holidays! Over summer we will be running three activities alongside the exhibition Tūhura Tuarangi: Aotearoa in Space.   The Compass of Tāwhaki (Tūhura Tuarangi discover outer space activity: Mōhiotaka) - Make a compass to help guide Tāwhaki and his waka through the stars and…

  • The Great Santa Hunt

    The Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum’s Santa Hunt is back these school holidays with a special late night event, so get your torches ready! We’re turning off all the lights, so bring your torches along to our late night hunt on Wednesday 21 December and try to find our sneaky Santas in their new hiding…

  • Tūhura Tuarangi: Aotearoa in Space

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

    This is a space science showcase that is out of this world! Developed by Otago Museum, Tūhura Tuarangi is packed with hands-on interactives to play with, build, launch and explore with your whole whānau. Discover the amazing space technologies and world-leading research going on right here in Aotearoa You will get to build a satellite, launch a…

  • Tagata Moana School Holiday Programme

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

    This Thursday 12 January, the Tagata Moana team is running a children's workshop at Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum! Explore Pasifika patterns, printmaking, and digital technologies to print your own designs. Make sure to register online using the link below, as there are limited spaces available. Summer Holiday Programme for Ages 10-13 Free event. Lunch…

  • Tūhura Tuarangi Virtual Reality Experience

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

    For a limited time, you can use virtual reality to explore space from right here at Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum! As a part of the exhibition 'Tūhura Tuarangi: Aotearoa in Space', we will have a virtual reality experience available from 22 - 26 January. The two experiences include a fully explorable version of the…

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