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MUSEUM DROP-IN AND MITHRAISM

January 28, 2015

Dan Simpson was poet-in-residence at Canterbury Roman Museum. You can read more on Dan’s residency here. I ran a writing drop-in session at Canterbury Roman Museum last Wednesday, where people were free to join me in creating some Roman artefact-inspired poems. David Walsh (who joined me on the very first leg of my walk from London to Canterbury back […]

FIRST ARMCHAIR VISIT

January 26, 2015

Nicky Thompson was the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. You can read her blog posts here and on her blog Pebble Press. I felt a bit like the proverbial kid in a candy store. As I began wandering around the rooms, the variety of the exhibits hit me hard and fast, and the possibilities of […]

THE BEST #MUSEUMSELFIE'S FROM THE BEANEY

January 21, 2015

In case you haven’t logged into your Twitter account, today is #MuseumSelfie day! Here at the Beaney the art and the staff have been marking it in style. Who knew we were all such a vain bunch? Here are a few of our favourites from the day… …and of course we had to have one […]

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 1,000 OBJECTS

January 14, 2015

October 2014 saw the publication of Dorling Kindersley’s History of the World in 1,000 Objects, which features dozens of items from our collections. For all the museums staff and frequent visitors the release was a gentle reminder of the sheer diversity of the objects in our collections. It was an opportunity to showcase their relationship […]

8 WINTERY WONDERS TO SEE AT THE BEANEY THIS CHRISTMAS

December 16, 2014

1. Winter: Through the Fells, Cumberland, the Drove in a Snowdrift [1900] by Thomas Sidney Cooper Cooper travelled regularly to the north of England, Wales and Scotland to make studies for later use in paintings. He liked the rugged landscape of mountains and fells, which made a good setting for pictures of animals. Winter was […]

THE BEANEY CHRISTMAS TREE STORY...

November 21, 2014

Written by Beaney artists in residence Holder and Lamoon It has been a while since we last posted a blog about our work at The Beaney, not because we have been sitting around doing nothing, because we have been working on bit of a secret mission. Well not that secret, but we didn’t want to […]

WINTER IN THE FRONT ROOM

November 20, 2014

As Edith Sitwell said ‘Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home’. In our latest Front Room exhibition, Winter, we wanted to create a space which encapsulated all of these spirits and […]

'WAR AND PEACE: SENBAZURU' : A SCULPTURE BY ESTHER DREHER

November 14, 2014

If you have been into our library in the last few weeks then you would have spotted the mesmerising display, ‘War and Peace: Senbazuru’ by Esther Dreher. The sculpture has been created using the Japanese tradition of Senbazuru (one thousand origami cranes), which has become a widely recognised symbol of World Peace. This piece has […]

THE BEANEY CHRISTMAS TREE SURPRISE

November 14, 2014

If you read our blog a few weeks ago you will know that something very special is happening at The Beaney this Christmas. Artists in residence, Holder and Lamoon, are taking over our Christmas tree to create a visual Intriguerium of a display, inspired by objects in the collections. As well as being a sumptuous […]

CRAIG CARRIES...AN ANGLO-SAXON PENDANT

November 07, 2014

As part of his job our Collections Manager, Craig Bowen, often transports fascinating historical artefacts between our stores and museums. In the past these have included items such as Zulu spears, priceless pendants, machine guns and a mummified cat. We’d like to bring you an exclusive sneak peek at some of these items before they […]

THE BEANEY CHRISTMAS TREE 2014

October 27, 2014

Something very special is happening at The Beaney this Christmas. Artists in residence, Holder and Lamoon, are taking over our Christmas tree to create a visual Intriguerium* of a display, inspired by objects in the collections. As well as being a sumptuous delight for the senses, each decoration will be thought provoking, intriguing and have […]

A POETIC PREVIEW TO LAUNCH NEW ACQUISITION

October 07, 2014

Last Friday saw the launch of a remarkable new acquisition on display at Canterbury Roman Museum. Excavated by Canterbury Archaeological Trust and declared one of the key finds of 2012 by the British Museum, a rare soldier’s helmet from the time of Julius Caesar, has now found a permanent home here at Canterbury Roman Museum, […]

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