Canterbury Library was the first publicly funded library in Great Britain, through innovative interpretation of the Museums Act 1845 for provision of a museum of arts and science. It is now part of a large network of public libraries managed by Kent County Council
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August 12, 2016
Kent-based photographers have responded to the theme of Only in Kent for a selling exhibition in The Front Room gallery in The Beaney. Working in parallel with The Beaney’s Special Exhibition, Only in England, this body of work explores the unique nature of Kent’s landscape, people and customs. ‘Home Town’ at The Beaney Displayed alongside the Only […]
December 05, 2016
The Beaney is part of an HLF-funded RNIB project Sensing Culture (also happening in Oxford, Portsmouth and Brighton), to improve the museum and gallery experience for visually impaired visitors. In 2016 The Beaney ran textile and mixed-media artist-led workshops with blind and partially sighted people creating work inspired by the buildings and collections at Canterbury […]
September 28, 2016
Stitched drawings is a uniquely affecting and compassionate work of artist and occupational therapist Georgie Meadows, who encourages us to rethink the way we regard our older population. Using a domestic sewing machine, she translates delicate line drawings into tender and tactile stitched portraits of people she knows or has worked with. The exhibition opened last […]
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July 18, 2016
Working with physical and digital sculpture, Sumita Chauhan – sculptor and doctoral researcher at the University of Kent – explorers the creative process of making sculpture with people with dementia in The Front Rooms gallery’s latest exhibition, Sculptural Revelations. Part of the research study was conducted over a period of six months at The Beaney and the exhibition offers […]
October 26, 2016
Ancient Japanese people believed objects had souls. When an object became unusable it was never thrown away, it was safely kept in a special storage room. Now that belief has vanished, not only do we believe objects don’t have souls, but some of us even question whether we do. We are enslaved by the materialistic […]
January 07, 2021
It has been 291 days since the Prime Minister ordered the first national lockdown. To date there have been more than 2.7 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK and over 75,000 people have died. After relaxing restrictions and reopening businesses around the country in summer there was a brief period of respite. However, […]
May 10, 2019
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 and 1 is an introductory […]
April 01, 2016
The Lost Room in The Front Room: FrancisKnight, a Kent based arts organisation have been successful with Arts Council funding to work on a unique arts project at the Beaney with Porchlight, one of the foremost charities supporting vulnerable and homeless people in Kent, Medway and Croydon.
April 06, 2023
The Beaney needs your votes! We’ve been nominated for the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2023. The prestigious award recognises museums, galleries and heritage sites that provide a great experience for children, young people and families. It is the only museum award to be judged by families. At The Beaney we believe in […]
July 26, 2020
The quality of services provided for older people at The Beaney in Canterbury has led to the museum being shortlisted for a national award. It is up against four other venues in the ‘Best Age-Friendly Cultural Organisation’ category at this year’s Fantastic for Families Awards, with the results set to be announced on 9 September. […]
June 25, 2015
Gary Studley is currently poet-in-residence at Canterbury Roman Museum. G’day people, and welcome to Blog Three. Having uttered that cheery Aussie-ism I am instantaneously reminded of some A Level Art students I taught recently telling me how they rejected a rival teacher out of hand because he addressed them with “Hi Guys.” Oops. I can […]