The Canterbury Museum

The Canterbury Museum offers a great opportunity to enhance learning. The programmes offered by the museum have access to a large amount of resources, there activities are hands on, they have programmes that cover a broad range of topics that make strong links to a variety of curriculum areas. The staff are very adaptable and the programmes can be changed to meet the needs of the students. The specialist knowledge gives depth to the learning process. Best of all, the programmes are great value, usually done for a donation. The staff work with the teachers to ensure the programme meets the learning objectives. The museum programmes can be done at the beginning of the unit, middle or end. There has been many schools that have used the museum for the immersion stage of an inquiry. The museum supports creative ideas. The museum even provides a Learning Experience guide book to help teachers make the education outside the classroom occur as smooth as possible. Once you have booked a program at the museum they even provide you with a teachers resource book with supplement materials to enhance the museum programme even further.

The Antarctic collection at the Canterbury Museum is noted for being the best in the world. The collection is the museums strength but it is the knowledgeable staff that make it come alive.