Museum Of Canterbury with Rupert Bear Museum

Museum Of Canterbury
Stour Street
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2NR
England

Website

www.canterbury.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=112

E-mail

museums@canterbury.gov.uk

Telephone

01227 452747

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Shop icon Visual disability facilities icon Wheelchair access icon

The Museum of Canterbury is a 21st century interactive museum, whose theme is the city itself and its often turbulent story.

Housed in the medieval Poor Priests’ Hospital and now extended into two adjoining buildings, the museum displays exhibits from pre-Roman times to the end of the 20th century.

Hands-on activities make this a fun and interactive museum that appeals to the whole family – you'll be able to look at gold thread and medieval poo under the microscope, open the Elizabethan treasure chest to help you decide on Marlowe’s death or do some ‘friend or foe’ wartime plane-spotting.

For schools and colleges there is an education wing, featuring the 1900s house Victorian collection.

An exhibitions gallery and a well-stocked shop for souvenirs, presents and a host of publications on the Museum’s themes are all available.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Open all year, Monday - Saturday, 10.30 - 17.00 (last admission 16.00).
Also open from June to the end of October on Sunday 13.30 - 17.00 (last admission 16.00).

 Admission charges

Adults: £3.30, Concessions: £2.20, Family: £8.70 (2 adults and up to 3 children)
Groups of 10+: 10% discount, Teachers free.

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Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Loan service

Museum Of Canterbury
Stour Street
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2NR
England

Website

www.canterbury.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=112

E-mail

museums@canterbury.gov.uk

Telephone

01227 452747

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Archaeology, Costume and Textiles, Film and Media, Land Transport, Literature, Personalities, Religion, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • Medieval Canterbury Discovery Gallery
  • Christopher Marlowe whodunnit display
  • Wartime Blitz experience
  • Joseph Conrad Gallery
  • Bagpuss and Clangers display
  • Rupert Bear Museum / Mary Tourtel

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service

Museum Of Canterbury
Stour Street
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2NR
England

Website

www.canterbury.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=112

E-mail

museums@canterbury.gov.uk

Telephone

01227 452747

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 face to face resources

Litte Ruperts

http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=1293

Come along for storytelling, singing and art activities for children aged 0-5 years with Rupert, Bagpuss and friends. Materials and refreshments are provided.

How to obtain

Sessions cost £2 per child with the accompanying adult free.

Museum Of Canterbury
Stour Street
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2NR
England

Website

www.canterbury.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=112

E-mail

museums@canterbury.gov.uk

Telephone

01227 452747

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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