Visit the Den

Rutherford’s Den is multi-media exhibition space and education centre housed in the very rooms where Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford studied, attended lectures and undertook his earliest experiments at Canterbury College – now the Arts Centre of Christchurch. Open 11am to 4pm Wednesday to Sunday.

Located within the historic Arts Centre (formally Canterbury College) in the heart of the Cultural Precinct. Rutherford’s Den is only a few minutes walk from the Christchurch Art Gallery, Canterbury Museum and the Botanic gardens.

Entry to the Den is through the Clock Tower, 2 Worcester Boulevard.
Accessible facilities: access to three main rooms on the ground floor and interactive technology allows views of the upstairs lecture room.
Accessible toilets onsite at the Arts Centre.