April 04, 2016
Sonia Overall is currently the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. One of the chief attractions of the armchair artist opportunity for me was meeting previous residents Jill Holder and Bob Lamoon. Their oversized homage to the rook in the red coat, exhibited in the Front Room, continues to haunt me. The original rook […]
February 08, 2017
The second of a series of blogs from our new Artist in Residence – Kathleen Herbert. Having spent the first few weeks as Artist In Residence just sitting and looking in the different rooms, I decided to use the museums facility, which enables members of the public to handle objects within the collection. In the […]
July 07, 2022
We are gearing up to celebrate 10 years since The Beaney’s grand reopening following an extensive three-year redevelopment of the historic Canterbury landmark. Since reopening its doors in 2012, the museum has displayed an impressive 98 world-class exhibitions, delivered award-winning school workshops to 25,000 students, supported 6,500 health and wellbeing participants and welcomed 27,500 new Library […]
June 16, 2020
Now more than ever, people across the world are coming together and striving to learn more about racism and diversity. Understanding diversity is more important than ever and reading is a good starting point for learning, discussion and change. Here’s are a few recommendations from our library, Kent Libraries, of titles to support a wider […]
December 06, 2021
It’s no secret that our museums are full to the brim with treasures, trinkets and treats – many of which sadly can’t be taken home (imagine trying to smuggle Charlie the Bull out the building?!) But fear not – there are lots of ways to take a little piece of Canterbury Museums and Galleries home […]
September 01, 2015
Gary Studley is currently poet-in-residence at Canterbury Roman Museum. Blog Nine. Ok, so I guess I kind of lied all those months ago in Blog Two… …In creative writing – whether for a poem, short story or Chapter One of a massive novel – they say that your first line should grab the reader’s attention. […]
November 21, 2014
Written by Beaney artists in residence Holder and Lamoon It has been a while since we last posted a blog about our work at The Beaney, not because we have been sitting around doing nothing, because we have been working on bit of a secret mission. Well not that secret, but we didn’t want to […]
September 24, 2015
Ciao a tutti (when in Rome, as they say) and welcome to Blog Ten. It’s not a sixth sense or anythingGary Studley is currently poet-in-residence at Canterbury Roman Museum. as dramatic, but if you thought about it, I bet you could tell if a visitor is into something or not – whether it be a […]