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Welcome

Located within the historic and vibrant Arts Centre, in the city heart of Christchurch’s Cultural Precinct, Rutherford’s Den is only a few minutes’ walk from the Christchurch Art Gallery, the Canterbury Museum and the Botanic Gardens.

Education update December 2011 - FREE LEOTC Outreach education service receives enthusiastic response from Canterbury Teachers and Students! Let us bring the Rutherford story to your school.  Bookings now being taken for 2012.
 

Contact Us

Our education team is available to visit your school with the Rutherford story.

Claire: 021 390 987
Chris: 0212 678 467

(03) 366 9201 Message service


Email: education@rutherfordsden.org.nz

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  • For Schools:  After the earthquakes

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    Introduce your class to a Kiwi genius and discover why this great New Zealander is known as the father of Nuclear Science. School Outreach visits are supported by the Ministry of Education's Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) programme.

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  • Hire the Den for a Reception

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    The Den is closed post February 2011 earthquakes and is undergoing extensive repair and refurbishment.

    Phone (03) 363 2836
    Fax     (03) 379 7576

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  • Visit the Den

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    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 

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  • Support the Den

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    Rutherford’s Den is a charitable organisation with tax exemption status.

    Information Line
    Phone     (03) 363 2836
    Fax     (03) 379 7576

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