June 23, 2025
The Beaney is thrilled to be nominated for another Kids In Museums, Family Friendly Museum Award! You might remember back in 2023 we won the Best Medium Museum category. This year we’re excited to be shortlisted in the ‘Best Accessible Museum’ category. The other museums nominated for their accessibility are Eureka! The National Children’s Museum […]
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May 14, 2025
We were joined recently by Lex, a secondary school student from Borden Grammar school who completed his work experience with us here at The Beaney. Lex spent the week supporting various work at the museums including researching one of the most talked about items from The Study. Here’s what Lex found out about the Narwhal […]
April 29, 2025
Find out about Shannan’s internship at The Beaney: I started an internship at the Beaney through the University of Kent as part of one of my classes. I was nervous on the first day, as museum work has always been my dream job, and I worried that I’d find out I didn’t enjoy it. The […]
Laura Bailey from the Creative Health podcast recently visited The Beaney to find out more about the museum’s award winning Health & Wellbeing programme. “Through my podcast and audio commissions, I share people’s experience and expertise. Together we convey what ‘creative health’ means to different people and in different contexts; how creativity helps to keep […]
