January 12, 2021
Day 297: Monday 11th January Looking beyond the experience of old routines (weekly football, commuting, travel) coming to a stop I have been thinking a little bit about privileges (having a car/garden/supportive family and friends/a job/a job I can mostly do from home) and one in particular began to stand out – I have a […]
October 03, 2019
We are excited to announce that both The Beaney and Canterbury Roman Museum are now approved “Restricted Learning Destinations” for Kent Children’s UniversityTM! This means that we are authorised to issue Learning Credits in the children’s Passports to Learning for activities undertaken at our Museums and Galleries. We are so proud of this partnership, as […]
August 05, 2016
The ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, or Wunderkammer, was a personal collection of unusual items from around the world. Many of these collections existed in private homes throughout Britain and Europe throughout the 19th Century. As they were the forerunner to the modern ‘museum’ they are of great interest to historians and curators. The Beaney houses its […]
August 28, 2019
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 ‘museum folk’ actually do! This […]
February 09, 2015
This weeks contributor Alice Eddington, a teacher from St Stephens Infant School in Canterbury, tells us about her recent visit to the Beaney’s latest exhibition. If you live in the St. Stephen’s area of Canterbury, the chances are you’ve seen an excited gaggle of infant aged children heading down to the Beaney House of Art […]
February 16, 2021
Day 332: Monday 15th February I’m sitting in the upstairs room of a delightful house in rural Devon. This is my current lockdown abode. The wind is howling and the rain lashing against the window. I’m looking out over the lawn at a valley beyond which is a very faint outline of Dartmoor. It is […]
August 14, 2019
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 47 group leaders too! Students […]
February 02, 2021
Day 318: Monday 1st February There are no leaves on the tree opposite the cottage. There is a slight eerie mist lingering in the distance that looks like it is rising up from the grass. A carpet of frost glistens across the green but it looks like it is going to be a bright day as […]
January 19, 2021
Day 304: Monday 18th January I was awoken today by Radio 4. I’m not sure what it could be about waking up to hear the current state of the world that manages to motivate me to get out of bed, but I’m not questioning it. I am currently on a kind of flexi-furlough, so only […]
March 05, 2015
In celebration of #WorldBookDay, here’s a roundup of little known facts about our favourite authors with a connection to Kent and Canterbury… 1. In the 1920s Canterbury resident Mary Tourtel was asked by the Daily Express to invent a children’s character for the newspaper. Her creation was the iconic, and much loved, Rupert Bear. 2. […]
April 02, 2015
When learning about the history of the Beaney many are devastated to learn that a pub called the George & Dragon Inn, was demolished to make room for the museum. However, with dozens of other drinking haunts down Canterbury High Street the devastation doesn’t last long, and they are reminded that the City now houses a treasure […]
October 19, 2015
Gary Studley is currently poet-in-residence at Canterbury Roman Museum. Greetings, citizens, I salute you. Or more traditionally, welcome to Blog Eleven. Not wishing to be too presumptuous or dare imply that you out there and I in here have any kind of relationship, but the last time I wrote to you – in Blog Ten […]