Editing Akaroa (section)

== Museum ==
The Akaroa museum, first opened in 1964, concentrates on the history of Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula. It is located at 71 Rue Lavaud and includes within the museum complex: the 1850s customs house, the 1878 court house and the 1840s Langlois-Eteveneaux cottage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Akaroa Museum {{!}} Christchurch NZ |url=https://christchurch.co.nz/listing/akaroa-museum/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Organisation details {{!}} Museums Aotearoa |url=https://www.museumsaotearoa.org.nz/museums-directory/23263/details |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.museumsaotearoa.org.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home : Akaroa Museum |url=https://akaroamuseum.org.nz/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=akaroamuseum.org.nz}}</ref> In 2023, the museum put on an exhibition called ''Catching Shadows'' which displayed a photographic history of Banks Peninsula starting in the early 1840s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Tracing a century of photography on Banks Peninsula |url=https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/tracing-a-century-of-photography-on-banks-peninsula |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Newsline |language=en-GB}}</ref>