Understand more about the contribution of women to New Zealand society in the early 20th century and admire this beautifully restored Arts and Crafts building and its contents.

View photographs of the Christchurch City Council's $2.1 million restoration work completed in 2018 and enjoy the building's stained glass windows, some by prominent English artist Veronica Whall, and furniture carved by local craftsmen, Frederick Gurnsey and Jake Vivian.  

The boutique museum tells the story of the sinking of the Marquette in 1915 and a display marks the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's birth and her influence on nursing in Christchurch.