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...
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...
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...
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...
This summer, we have introduced a new, hands-on interactive workshop aimed at our International student visitors. These active learning sessions have proved to be extremely popular and we have welcomed over 237 students aged 8-17 from France, China, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Poland and Russia along with their...
One of the world’s most prestigious photography awards returns to The Beaney this month. The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition, which is organised by the National Portrait Gallery, celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography from around the world. This year’s exhibition features over 50 images...
Skylarks singing in our Explorers and Collectors Gallery As part of World Wellbeing Week, we are celebrating aspects of our growing award-winning Health and Wellbeing Programme. This Friday, our Power of the Object group will have a friendly furry visitor and will learn about the benefits of having a therapy...
In our ‘Talking Heritage’ series, we’ll be chatting with Canterbury Museums and Galleries staff about what they get up to behind the scenes to deliver our brilliant museums services. The series aims to serve as a useful resource for those interested in heritage work as well as hopefully demystifying what...
Arts Award is a wonderful way for children and young people to be inspired by and enjoy the arts. Taking part in a learning activity at Canterbury Museums & Galleries can contribute towards gaining an Arts Award qualification. Arts Award is offered at 5 levels, 4 of which are accredited...
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’ve been posting weekly spotlights on our Facebook page of some of Canterbury Museums and Galleries’ fierce female inspirations. This blog post brings together all 4 spotlights as well as discussing why conversations surrounding the representation of female history remain relevant to the cultural...
