insideKENT Magazine Issue 39 - June 2015 | Page 30
Magna Carta in Canterbury
Commemorative events at the
Beaney House of Art & Knowledge
Canterbury in the Age of the Magna Carta
The Beaney are hosting a special free exhibition, ‘Canterbury in the Age of Magna Carta’,
supported by Canterbury Christchurch University and Canterbury Cathedral.
The exhibition, organised by Canterbury Museums & Galleries will feature items from the
Cathedral Archives that are very rarely seen on public display, including the copy of Magna
Carta made in the 1290s. It will focus on the characters that lived in the City and their stories
during the age of Magna Carta and will be accompanied by an exciting learning programme.
The Beaney have also planned a range of family friendly activities due to take place on 6 June
to celebrate the opening of the exhibition.
The Drawing Room
6 June to 6 September 2015
Magna Carta Rediscovered
Between 2nd and 19th July The Beaney will join the commemorations with ‘Magna Carta
Rediscovered’, a major touring exhibition, fully funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The
exhibition will embrace a range of interactive techniques to bring Magna Carta to life and will
be displayed in the Beaney’s Front Room community gallery. This free exhibition will enable
significant public access to rare and unseen historical documents from this period and feature
the 1300 re-issue of Faversham’s Magna Carta for the first time. Heritage Lottery Funded
The Front Room
2 to 19 July 2015
Our Great Charter
As part of its continuing wellbeing programme, The Beaney is working in partnership with
Skillnet Group. Skillnet Group are people with and without learning difficulties working
together to achieve equality. For 2 weeks in June to coincide with the 800th anniversary of the
Magna Carter, Skillnet Group presents “Our Great Charter”, an audio, visual and tactile
experience communicating our thoughts and feelings about what we want to make our lives
better.
Channelling current interest in the Magna Carta and charters of rights the exhibition/
installation aims to create a modern Great Charter taking visitors on a journey towards the
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