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, […]
February 12, 2019
An exhibition of 30 stunning models of iconic moments in British history made entirely out of LEGO bricks comes to The Beaney in Canterbury this February.  ‘Bricks Britannia: A History of Britain in LEGO Bricks’ includes as its centrepiece a show-stopping eight metre-long model of The Flying Scotsman, the world’s most famous steam locomotive, […]
February 23, 2024
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 Hannah Robson and Philippa Hornsby, Museum Interns 2023/24 are curating a display showcasing a diverse collection of artefacts and artwork associated with women from the museum collection. Some items chosen were definitely owned by women, such as the tatting spool, as this was donated by a woman. Other items […]
November 21, 2023
There’s lot’s of reasons to visit the museum at this time of year so here’s a handy round up of what’s happening at The Beaney this festive season… 1. Book a LEGO workshop Christmas and LEGO is a winning combination… Remember our 2022 Merry Brickmas exhibition!? This year we’re running our popular LEGO workshops in […]
May 22, 2015
Rob Turner is currently the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. I didn’t know I was going to start this residency with the Radfall, it just jumped out at me. I was looking through a cabinet of old Ordnance Survey maps in the local studies section of the Library in the Beaney. I was […]
June 25, 2015
Gary Studley is currently poet-in-residence at Canterbury Roman Museum. Hello all. Welcome to Blog One. It seems a very quick few months since I first discussed this project with the amazingly energetic, Mitch Robertson, but I have no started my role as Poet in Residence at The Roman Museum, so I thought I’d try to […]
