# Canterbury Museum: Christchurch records

Every Canterbury Museum record the archive holds about Christchurch, 2 of them, 2022, oldest first.

2 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original.

- [John Bain’s toy shop](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/canterbury-museum/ccl-cs-130277), 2022-10-29, Canterbury Museum
- [Tracks and pontoons of Tucker Sno-Cat](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/canterbury-museum/ccl-cs-130227), 2022-11-02, Canterbury Museum

## Questions, answered briefly

**What was the Canterbury Museum?**

A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 2 of its records that mention Christchurch, 2022. The full run lives at the National Library, not here.

**How much of the Canterbury Museum does the archive hold?**

2 records, the #228 heaviest file of the 283 mastheads on the shelf. A thin file, every record it has, not the paper’s own run.

**Where are the Canterbury Museum originals?**

Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from.


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The originals live at Papers Past (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) · data: https://api.chch.live/paper?slug=canterbury-museum · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/canterbury-museum
Printing beside it: 2025 Photo Hunt, https://www.chch.live/paper/2025-photo-hunt · Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, https://www.chch.live/paper/te-pae-christchurch-convention-centre