October 27, 2022
The Beaney’s Mirror Mirror exhibition is set to open after a year-long National Skills Sharing Partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. The project sought to reflect on the gaps, omissions and forgotten histories in Canterbury’s historic collection to ensure the museum is inclusive, representative and relevant to local communities. The display will feature works from […]
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Due to the fact that Pingwings was only broadcast once by Associated Rediffusion as part of their ‘Small Time’ programming, and was then considered lost between 1965 – 2007, 1 with no pre-production materials surviving in the BFI’s Associated Rediffusion archive, it is hardly surprising that the show is often overlooked in historical accounts of […]
October 15, 2021
Georgia O’Keeffe: Memories of Drawings is a brand new Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition which presents a remarkable collection of work from the pioneering American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Opening for the first time at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury next Saturday 23 October to Sunday 5 December 2021, then touring throughout the […]
July 03, 2020
An exploration of life under lockdown will be at the heart of the reopening of The Beaney House of Art of Knowledge.
The Beaney will open its doors for the first time since closing in March on Tuesday 21 July.
June 15, 2015
Today is a very exciting day at Canterbury Museums as some of our favourite residents are making their return to the small screen. Tonight sees the premiere of the new series of Clangers which will air on CBeebies at 17:30. Old and new fans of the original TV show are bound to fall in love […]
September 30, 2020
A special exhibition celebrating the creativity, stories and experiences of the community during lockdown is open now at The Beaney. Every fortnight during the countrywide lockdown, The Beaney released a new theme to inspire its audiences with ideas of art they could create. These themes were based on six ways to wellbeing: Be kind (in […]
August 21, 2015
Made through a series of open workshops at the Beaney. Rob Turner is currently the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. The second workshop coincided with another event at the Beaney that day and it was busy. I don’t remember a point during the day where it wasn’t being worked on. It was so […]
April 26, 2016
Sonia Overall is currently the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. The magic lantern exhibition Stories in the Dark is open, and it’s my first chance to spend some time there. Lights dance on surfaces. Apparatus cranks and whines. There are shutter clicks and repetitions, sounds emerging like chants in the half-darkness. I speak […]
