TS2 – BIRDLINGS FLAT: GEMSTONE & FOSSIL MUSEUM

Birdlings Flat Gemstone and Fossil Museum.

Some of the beach agates on display.

Part of the petrified wood display.

Quartzites, Birdlings Flat Gemstone and Fossil Museum.

The Birdlings Flat Gemstone and Fossil Museum is located at the end of Hillview Road at Birdlings Flat. A yellow sign is placed at the end of the road whenever the Museum is open – entry is free.

The Museum was started in February 2003 by Vince and Colleen Burke, containing many of the polished stones he has collected off Birdlings Flat beach for a number of decades. It also contains large colourful agates, most of them collected from different parts of Canterbury, as well as many fossils. The Museum has been for sale for a while, so there is no guarantee of its continued existence.

TumbleStone Blog Posts on Birdlings Flat Gemstone and Fossil Museum:

• “My Visit to Birdlings Flat, Day 2: Gemstone and Fossil Museum” – May 2016.
• “Another Visit to Birdlings Flat, Late June 2016 – Part Two: Birdlings Flat Gemstone Museum Again”

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