Canterbury Museums

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✏️ Have you seen our new Beaney Notebooks yet? For all those notes, sketches, details and doodles! £9 🌈 Available in red, orange, purple, pink, green and blue 🎁 A great #gift for a #Canterbury creative this #Christmas & every one sold supports the museum!

🥄 Spoons! What do they stir up for you? Sometimes it’s the simplest things that connect us. Common in cultures around the world and used for thousands of years, spoons are practical, sometimes decorative and sometimes associated with rituals both social and sacred. […]

🎃 Half Term at the museums: Halloween trails and curious tales! Family activities, exhibitions, spooky days... There’s so much happening so we've written a handy run down of everything that's going on. 👉 Read our #HalfTerm blog for all of the details! Link in comments

💬 Visitor Stories wanted! Have you visited the Explorers & Collectors gallery at The Beaney? Do you have a personal or cultural connection to an artefact on display? We want to hear from you! […]

🎨 Live portrait painting at The Beaney! Join us for a unique opportunity to see local artist John Wiltshire paint an oil portrait from a live model here at the museum over the next two weeks. 👇 Link in comments for details #PortraitArtist #Canterbury #KentArtist

💡Not many things in the museum collection glow in the dark! To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth the museum team chose Chris Ofili’s ‘Regal’ as the Object of the Month. Find it in the Curious Stories exhibition at The Beaney 📍Special Exhibitions Room, The Beaney, Canterbury

💬 Have you visited Curious Stories yet? There's lots of opportunities for younger visitors to learn and play: 🎲 Story Dice 📚 The Reading and Play Area (co-designed by Switch Youth Group) ✏ Drawing table 😌 Calm Area 🎒 SEND Backpack […]

@The_Beaney Such beautiful photographs!

📸 We're always excited to see how artists are inspired by the museum collection. #MirandaHutton worked with The Beaney's Natural History collection to produce a fascinating photographic series exploring themes of loss, place and memory…

📣 Arts Award Discover Level in a Day for Children and Young People under 18 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities #SEND 🗓 7 November 2024 Book now (link in comments)

🖊️ Have you seen our new display? 100 years after the writer’s death, the museum is commemorating #JosephConrad with a new display of items held in the collection. Visit by Sunday 6 October. After that some of the items will be off on loan to the #PolishLibrary in London!

🔊 Listen here, listen anywhere! Take our new audio tour with #AudioDescriptions and insights into some of the most interesting aspects of the Canterbury Roman Museum collection and historic site! Scan the codes at the museum or visit our website: canterburymuseums.co.uk/canterbury-rom…

@The_Beaney 🙌 Sounds so great!

🎟 Book your tickets for Sunday! The Weight of Stigma: Clay Workshop Join #artist Mellissa Monsoon at the museum to express yourself through clay. 1pm- 3pm, Sunday 1 September 2024 📍Learning Lab, First Floor, The Beaney, #Canterbury ➡️Link in comments to book your ticket

@The_Beaney @ace_national Looking forward to this!

📣 Sense of Stigma opens this Saturday with an exhibition tour! Meet artist Mellissa Monsoon and dive into her thought-provoking creative process! 🗓️ 14.00 – 15.00 Saturday 10 August 2024 The Beaney #Canterbury ➡️ Book for free now: tinyurl.com/bxa776av

💋 The Politics of Pleasure: Scandal, Society, and the Stage under King Charles II 🎟️ Book your free tickets for the talk this Saturday tinyurl.com/wa8pdsjy ℹ️ Suggestive themes 📍 The Beaney, 18 High Street #Canterbury #HistoryTalk #History #AphraBehn

✨ Have you heard about this amazing discovery!?