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Come And Meet Each Other (CAMEO)

Using arts, culture and creativity to improve wellbeing the CAMEO group will help participants to connect to each other and to the museum collection. The group is open to anyone aged over 55 and anyone with complex health needs. Refreshments are provided at each session. Times and dates Meeting monthly on a Monday, 10.30am to […]

Curious Stories: Exploring and Collecting at the Museum

Have you ever wondered where in the world museum objects come from? Or why as humans, we like to collect things? Using The Beaney’s Explorer and Collectors gallery as inspiration, Curious Stories delves into the origins of the museum collections and questions how we present and share stories of objects today. Co-designed with local community […]

Sense of Stigma

Mellissa Monsoon is an internationally recognised bio-artist whose work brings the invisible world of human anatomy to life. Her multidisciplinary practice ranges from illustration, printmaking, photography, film, sculpture, electronics and ceramics. Her groundbreaking visualisation of the invisible bacteria that live on our skin, Microbial Me, is on permanent display at the Eden Project in Cornwall […]

Sounds Beaney

A new FREE singing group for those with dementia and their partners/carers. The sessions are delivered by Music4Wellbeing, a Kent-based charity that specialises in therapeutic musical interventions to improve wellbeing, along with a member of staff from the museum. At each session you can expect a warm and friendly welcome, social time over refreshments and a wonderful singing based musical […]

Power of the Object Group

The Power of the Object meet monthly at The Beaney. The group is a great opportunity for people affected by dementia or social isolation (and their companions) to get close to the museum collections, to socialise and to enjoy a cup of tea. Sessions are FREE and usually take place once a month on a […]