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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
June 26, 2019
Skylarks singing in our Explorers and Collectors Gallery As part of World Wellbeing Week, we are celebrating aspects of our growing award-winning Health and Wellbeing Programme. This Friday, our Power of the Object group will have a friendly furry visitor and will learn about the benefits of having a therapy dog! Interaction with therapy dogs […]
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 […]
