South Canterbury Museum in Timaru

Very nice history and nature museum. Friendly staff particularly give lots of help in the research room. Thanks a lot!

Great experience for the kids. Awesome squid exhibition.

Bit of some boring things

Loads and loads of great things to see!

Small but really interesting videos if you take the time to listen.

Great museum. Very interesting.South Canterbury is a very dynamic area with a fascinating history and the museum tells it well.

Great place to take the family, lots to see

Did not feel welcome.

Was helping out with my sons school trip and was astounded by how culture has parallel virtually and evolve as well as knowing history and early creatures.

Nice, Casual, welcoming, but a little small.

Brilliant, friendly and imaginative staff which creates a great museum experience for the young ones.

awesome little museum (free as wellnever been to timaru before found records of my great great uncle in ww1

Lovely place to visit, and the Outdoor Escape Room is phenomenal!

Great place to bring children to learn about local and national heritage and history.Has many displays of flora, fauna and natural history.Small hunt quiz for children to interact with.**NEW EXHIBIT** Uniforms of the past

Anne Franks diary, maori heritage collections, well behaved customer services are three of their best collections.

I have experience the history of Timaru

Everyone should go to see the Anne Frank display, she was an amazing girl who we should all know about.

Great displays that really tell the history of the area.

The exhibits are awesome and the people are very friendly. This is a must do to put on any itinerary when in Timaru.

Very nice place. I like fossil

Wonderful place to learn our history.Dont rush it.

Interesting place especially to take the kids

great time there my boy loved it

It was great but v hard to get into as my husband uses a zimmer frame and Im on crutches thankgdness we hd our 11yr old gtgrandson with us to help us

Very Welcoming. And amazing displays of indepth information on many historical events in New Zealand. So much to see and do to catch up on New Zealand, its history, and unbelievable sounding beauty unlike any other. Well done to those who took the time to lend those who visit vital and interesting information to its visitors. Thanks so much!

Very well laid out. Friendly and helpful staff

I enjoy this plc because its a museum, & i hav a gr8 collection of things tht r older than watz on display in said museum likk

Always enjoy taking daughter here to see all the history. She loves looking for golden frog

Full of interesting local information and a very helpful person on the desk to add to the many stories of the area.

Such friendly people. Great visit with the grandkids

Nice place for a browse around with some history we need to go back for a second look as did not get onto the second floor.

Really wonderfully organized school holiday program. Gave children things to look for. Really worth going in.

this is a very well organized facility, interesting displays, well worth a visit

Every hall has its element of surprise! And there are so many halls to experience different things! I love love love it! Best museums Ive been to, even top my previous favourite: Seouls museum! Continue to upkeep the whole thing because it was so much fun and resourceful to walk around in it.

Its not big but its very interesting and nice place glad they have it , good for promotion NZ tourism , and history of the town

So interactive and always something for the kids young and old to do. For work i come here often. Im not from this area but i now live here and have learnt a lot about the area

Staff were really helpful and knew exactly the direction to point me. I will return when i have more time

Great place looking round with grandchildren lots of things to do

Great visit, well maintained

Amazing place,save time for this place,youll need it to see every interesting thing

Interesting books in the shop, rocks to touch, Maori and early settlers items, mounted animals and birds all tell the story of the inhabitants of the area. Tidy and well-lit, laid out in curves to draw the visitor onward. Plenty of visitors wandering through; children were enjoying a competition to find how many poppies were placed around the Museum

Interesting museum with many interactive exhibits and showcases. Highly recommended to check out, free admission!

I love taking my kids here and exploring the exhibits,they love doing the quizzes provided

Great local resource. Children friendly. Very well laid out and interesting.

Lovely little museum. We especially enjoyed the traditional Maori costumes and having the chance to try them on.

What a awesome little County Museum. Full of all sorts of interesting objects for the local area. As well as some objects of national significance it is a awesome outing

Very nice exhibits and detailed history of the area. Free entry but make sure youdrop a donation to keep up the great work.

Great variety. Friendly staff. Highly knowledgeable. Free entry. Great for the family :)

Its good place too visit.learn abit about old days.its got some cool butterflys&pictures of timaru .

Because they make learning history fun for the young and the old. Every time I visit I enjoy my time, the staff are berry friendly, knowable and helpful