May 21, 2015
Last Thursday if you came along to the opening of Home And Away. The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury treated guests to a sixties themed party to celebrate the launch of their brand new exhibition. Visitors to the event were asked to arrive in sixties inspired fancy dress and were presented with […]
April 27, 2020
Creating Heritage: A diary during Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Part Six
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 […]
June 18, 2020
Over the last year, I have had numerous requests from my team for me to write my ‘Talking Heritage’ blog, and unfortunately I have told them that I was too busy each time. Now, following a week that is sure to go down in history, I have stopped and taken the time to reflect. My […]
July 06, 2020
Over the last year, I have had numerous requests from my team for me to write my ‘Talking Heritage’ blog, and unfortunately I have told them that I was too busy each time. Now, following a week that is sure to go down in history, I have stopped and taken the time to reflect. My job […]
June 22, 2020
Over the last year, I have had numerous requests from my team for me to write my ‘Talking Heritage’ blog, and unfortunately I have told them that I was too busy each time. Now, following a week that is sure to go down in history, I have stopped and taken the time to reflect. My job […]
August 05, 2016
The latest blog from Adam De Ville, Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. We brought him here for us to wonder, along with all the possible versions of his history and more in imagined flashbacks, glimpses in our mind’s eye, conjured realms, and a daydream or two. The Unidentified Man played host to merry whispers, […]
May 06, 2020
Over the last year, I have had numerous requests from my team for me to write my ‘Talking Heritage’ blog, and unfortunately I have told them that I was too busy each time. Now, following a week that is sure to go down in history, I have stopped and taken the time to reflect. My […]
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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 […]
June 24, 2015
We are back with our regular feature ‘Craig carries’ where our Collections Manager, Craig Bowen, showcases the objects he is currently transporting around our museums. This week Craig has been carrying… a 17th Century Sword. A Royal Charter in 1609, granted by James I conferred the right to appoint a ‘Sword Bearer’ the city of Canterbury. […]
October 02, 2016
If you think Grayson Perry’s work isn’t your cup of tea, I urge you to give this artist a chance. The exhibition is free, so if you walk away and we haven’t managed to convince you otherwise, then you’ve lost nothing but a little time. However, I sincerely believe everyone will walk away with a […]
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 […]