🌱 Have you booked your visit to The Garden yet?
Presented by Playground Festival 26 and created by Makers of Imaginary Worlds, The Garden is an immersive installation designed for babies and children under 5.
It's been really special welcoming so many tiny visitors to The Beaney for the first time!
Saturday 25 April 2026 to Sunday 5 July 2026 (Closed Mondays except Bank Holiday Monday 25 May)
📍 Special Exhibitions Room, First Floor, The Beaney
🎟 The installation has limited capacity and so booking is essential. Donations support the museum.
To book, find out more about the installation including about SEND Family Sessions please visit The Beaney What's On.
#Babies #Toddlers #Parents #Art #Experiences
🐌 A first peek inside The Garden!
🌺 Where Flowers Listen, Clouds Dance, and Children Lead the Way.
An interactive installation by Makers of Imaginary Worlds, designed for babies and children under 5.
👶 Thanks to all of our tiny testers who met with researchers this week. We can’t wait to open the installation tomorrow!
🎟️ Book your visit soon
Part of the @playgroundkent Festival
#Babies #Toddlers #Preschool #Art
🪡 Somehow it’s the last week of this amazing show!
Catch ‘My Hands Are My Voice’ open now until 4pm on Sunday.
🗣️ If this project has connected with you why not book on to the ‘Mind To Stitch’ talk this Sunday. Artist Rachelle Francis and artist, writer and researcher Dr Claire Wellesley-Smith will be exploring the powerful connections between making, memory and wellbeing.
More info on The Beaney What’s On!
#Wellbeing #Making #Memory
🎭 A unique performance through the streets of Canterbury!
The Mystery & Murder of Kit Marlowe
Book onto the intriguing walkabout show, to embark on a fantastical journey through the streets and alleyways of the city in an attempt to untangle the web of the controversial Christopher Marlowe.
Hosted by the Natural Theatre Company.
Sunday 24 May performances:
11.00am to 12.00pm
12.30pm to 1.30pm
3.00pm to 4.00pm
4.30pm to 5.30pm
🎟 Booking Essential. Book your free tickets via The Beaney What's On page.
Please note this is a walking street theatre show that will leave from The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge and take you on a tour of the city.
We aim to make our programme as accessible as possible so if you have any accessibility questions please get in touch.
#StreetTheatre #Performance #Marlowe #Canterbury
A couple of weeks until this @playgroundkent commissioned work opens @the_beaney and to say I’m excited is an understatement.
It has been an amazing collaborative experience, bringing together 5 artists from such different creative backgrounds.
Over the next couple of weeks get ready to be introduced to Golden Time and the artists who have shaped it…
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@world_o_stuff@gracehann49@nicinsingapore
Chris Duncan
@kennymangena
👀 Have you seen our new display?
Sometimes it’s quantity not rarity that shows that something was important. You can now see even more of the museum’s medieval pilgrim badge collection in the People & Places gallery.
📰 Interested in Canterbury’s long history of pilgrimage? So is Freddie from the museum team, read his new blog on the news section of The Beaney website.
#Pilgrims #Medieval #History #Canterbury
ℹ Visitor notice: The Explorers & Collectors gallery at The Beaney will be closed for a private event from 10.00am to 12.30pm on Friday 8 May.
All other galleries will be open as usual.
There’s something really special about watching children explore art and culture in their own unique way - and it’s even better when the museum actively welcomes that curiosity.
Free to visit and accessible for all ages, the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge is a fantastic place for families. Created in collaboration with Kids in Museums, this shoot was a great reminder that a day out at a museum really can be fun for all the family.
It was an absolute joy for me to join and document the kids following the trail and interacting with the staff and the art.
Save this for your next visit to Canterbury. Where’s your favourite museum for families? Let me know in the comments ⬇️. #familyphotography #kidsinmuseums #thebeaneyhouseofartandknowledge #canterbury
🚩 Free workshop with Folk Lore Kent this weekend!
Drop-in to The Beaney and get creative with Folk Lore Kent as they prepare for the Mayhem Fair in Dane John Gardens. You'll be helping to make rag-ribbon bunting and flowering May garlands to decorate the site.
No experience necessary, just come along and join in at any time during the workshops. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
🚩 Drop-in sessions:
11am to 4pm Friday May 8
11am to 4pm Saturday May 9
11am to 4pm Sunday May 10
📍The Orange Room, Ground Floor, The Beaney.
🗝The event is part of Canterbury Unlocked, a city-wide celebration.
#Folklore #Workshop #Canterbury
🌺 Where flowers listen!
Have you visited The Garden yet?
👶 It’s an immersive installation designed for babies and children under 5.
Created by the wonderful @makersofimaginaryworlds and part of the amazing international Playground Festival! @playgroundkent
🎟️ Find out more and book on The Beaney Website
#Babies #Toddlers #Parents #Art
