Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge is the central museum, library and art gallery of the city of , , . It is housed in a Grade II listed building.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday: closed
    Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Email: beaney@canterbury.gov.uk
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Museum, library and art gallery in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Beaney Institute”, “Royal Museum and Art Gallery”, “The Beaney”, and “The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge”
  • Address: 18 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2RA
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Library.

Church
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is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. is situated 820 feet east of Beaney House of Art and Knowledge.

Library
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Eastbridge Hospital, also known as The Hospital of Saint Thomas Becket the Martyr, is a Hospital in the old sense of the word short for Hospitality and was founded in the 12th century in , England, to provide overnight accommodation for poor pilgrims who were travelling to the shrine of St Thomas Becket.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a cathedral and university city in , in the South East of . Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of , Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

Suburb
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is a road and suburb in , , England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by , to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of .

Village
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is a village in the district, in , England, immediately west of and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of and , which was renamed from in 2007.

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

Latitude
51.27967° or 51° 16′ 47″ north
Longitude
1.07928° or 1° 4′ 45″ east
Open location code
9F3373HH+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 435798224
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7374508
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In Other Languages

From French to Slovenian—“Beaney House of Art and Knowledge” goes by many names.
  • French: “The Beaney”
  • German: “The Beaney”
  • Russian: “Дом искусства и науки Бини”
  • Slovenian: “The Beany”

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