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Eerie: The Canterbury Bestiary

Eerie: The Canterbury Bestiary is a celebration of the talented young people we work with and continually aim to inspire. This exhibition brings together a multitude of creative projects curated by Canterbury Festival Public Engagement, exploring myths, folklore, poetry, ghosts, rewilding, urban tales and more. Creative learning partners: Canterbury College, Canterbury Christ Church University and […]

Canterbury: Our Community

The Be Connected Network are a group of individuals and organisations from across the district of Canterbury, who work with The Beaney to support and advocate for underrepresented communities. The group collaborate with the museum and each other to help to ensure we put on exhibitions that include and represent our local, diverse and brilliant […]

Commons – A Film by David Blandy

Drawing on the collections of objects and specimens at The Beaney and The Amelia Scott, Tunbridge Wells, Commons is an expansive moving image work that combines archive film with three-dimensional scans and newly captured footage of ancient rocks and woodland: common land preserved for all. This collage of samples reveals a series of stories told […]

Golden Time

Babies move moment to moment without structure, whilst parents and carers are tied to the routines and demands of daily life. Through movement, sound, visual art and interactive elements, the exhibition brings these contrasting perspectives to life, honouring the significant yet brief nature of early parenthood. It invites you to reflect on your own relationship […]

The Making of Marlowe: Poet, Playwright, Provocateur

Born in 1564—the same year as William Shakespeare—Marlowe came of age during the height of the English Renaissance. The son of a shoemaker, he received an elite education thanks to scholarships that took him from the King’s School, Canterbury to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. By the late 1580s, he was writing for London’s commercial playhouses, […]

The Garden: Where Flowers Listen, Clouds Dance, and Children Lead the Way

Playground Festival 26 presents: Makers of Imaginary Worlds, Roma Patel and Rachel Clementine Specially designed for very young children we invite you to explore the world of “The Garden” through the eyes of a child. This beautiful interactive installation offers you and your child the opportunity to enter a magical world of wonder and discovery […]