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Annual Review

March 15, 2021

Creating Heritage: A diary during Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Part Four

April 14, 2020

Creating Heritage: A diary during Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Part Four

Creating Heritage: A diary during Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Part Three

April 06, 2020

Over the last year, I have had numerous requests from my team for me to write my ‘Talking Heritage’ blog, and unfortunately I have told them that I was too busy each time. Now, following a week that is sure to go down in history, I have stopped and taken the time to reflect. My […]

Creating Heritage: A diary during Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Part Two

April 06, 2020

Creating Heritage: A diary during Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Part One

March 24, 2020

Comics Exhibition Comes to The Beaney

January 14, 2020

A family-friendly exhibition exploring the wonderful world of comics will open at The Beaney during February half term. ‘Comics: Explore and Create Comic Art’ is an interactive exhibition from Seven Stories, and offers a chance for comic fans of all ages to discover an eclectic mix of original and iconic comic art, alongside work by […]

Connecting with the Past: Talking Heritage with our Collections and Learning Assistant

December 17, 2019

In our ‘Talking Heritage’ series, we chat with Canterbury Museums and Galleries staff about what they get up to behind the scenes to deliver our brilliant museums service. The series aims to serve as a useful resource for those interested in heritage work as well as hopefully demystifying what us ‘museum folk’ actually do! This […]

Tree Dressing Celebrations at The Beaney

December 06, 2019

The Beaney Xmas tree with Lord Mayor Terry Westgate along with volunteers from Christ Church University, Ren and Hinako and Beaney staff who supported the origami workshops To celebrate Tree Dressing Day, The Beaney ran family drop-in workshops and invited local school and community groups to create their own origami stars with their wishes and […]

Collections Review Boosts Wellbeing and Uncovers Hidden Gems

November 20, 2019

The Beaney is halfway through a groundbreaking volunteer project, designed specifically for students affected by anxiety. It is funded by the Museums Association Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund – a fund for projects that develop collections to achieve social impact. The project is centred around undertaking a Collections Review. Volunteers, working with museum staff and art […]

Kent Children's University

October 03, 2019

We are excited to announce that both The Beaney and Canterbury Roman Museum are now approved “Restricted Learning Destinations” for Kent Children’s UniversityTM! This means that we are authorised to issue Learning Credits in the children’s Passports to Learning for activities undertaken at our Museums and Galleries. We are so proud of this partnership, as […]

Korean Arts and Culture Education Service Visits The Beaney this September

September 23, 2019

Kyunghee Kwon, program coordinator from KACES with Mitch Robertson, Programme and Collections Manager, and Frances Chiverton, Health and Wellbeing Coordinator, (pictured from right to left) in People and Places Gallery at The Beaney A recent visit from the program coordinator for KACES has shown that The Beaney’s excellent Health and Wellbeing work is being recognised […]

Prehistoric People! New Learning Workshop

August 29, 2019

Image: A range of prehistoric tools, including hand axes. From September 2019, The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge will be offering a brand new learning workshop, ‘Prehistoric People’! After the success of the ‘Meet you Fossil Ancestors’ drop in session, held in The Beaney’s Garden Room from May to June 2019, engaging 4601 people; […]

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