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ALT A Roman mosaic floor with a central floral design framed by various geometric patterns and some interlacing designs.
ALT The Beaney, a Tudor style building with red brickwork, decorative woodwork, arched windows and a central flight of steps to a roofed entrance. The roof has three gables the largest in the middle.
ALT a range of colourful notebooks in orange, red, green, purple, pink and blue. Each is debossed with The Beaney logo
ALT a range of purple notebooks debossed with The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge logo.
ALT a museum display of spoons made of various materials, some very small and some much larger. A green panel in the case reads ‘Object of the month’ inside a green speech bubble.
ALT A golden chandelier holding over 13 artificial candles seen from below, the lights are reflecting on the white and wooden beamed ceiling of the room.
ALT Two people standing in front of a museum display case filled with artefacts. One person looks ahead at the objects whilst the person they are with is turned towards them as they talk about the items on display.
ALT An oil portrait depicting the head and shoulders of an older woman with pale skin and mid length blonde hair that sweeps to the right.
ALT A lithographic portrait of a black man looking to the left. He has a protruding oval shaped beard and sculpted round hair style. His skin is dark in contrast to the white of his eye. He wears a top with green and red working patterns as well as a necklace with a circular red stone.
ALT A lithographic portrait of a black man looking to the left. He has a protruding oval shaped beard and sculpted round hair style. His skin is dark in contrast to the white of his eye. The glow in the dark ink in the background glows a pale green emphasising the swirling patterns of the background and figures clothes.
ALT A colourful 'Map of the world' is mounted on the wall, each continent is colour coded in red, yellow, blue, orange and green. Ona table in the foreground, out of focus are a colourful dice with pictures of museum objects on them.
ALT A taxidermy magpie with black and white feathers. it has been placed on an old wooden rectangular dolls house with five windows and a central door. The scene is spotlit, illuminating part of a red backdrop.
ALT Three young girls kneeling on a decorative patterned floor as they investigate a museum display case containing two large tunics, sculptures and a variety of other museum objects.
ALT A museum display commemorating writer Joseph Conrad. Visible is a black top hat and various photographs of a bronze bust of the writer.
ALT A poster with an dome shaped iron age helmet and silver spoon engraved with a mythical beast. A hand holds a smart phone seeming to scan some audio descriptions content with a QR code. Gold and white text reads 'Canterbury Roman Museum. Listen here, Listen anywhere. Enhance your visit with audio descriptions and insights into the museum and collection'
ALT A group of clay tiles sculpted with stomachs and torsos. Next to the tiles is a bucket of clay slip and various tools for shaping clay. Text underneath reads 'The Weight of Stigma: Clay Workshop
ALT Artist Mellissa Monsoon; a woman with long dark hair smiling. She is wearing a colourful shirt with patches of red and blue. Behind the artist are framed blue artworks hung on a white wall
ALT A 17th century illustration of men and women in period costume lounging, drinking and socialising around a circular well in an outdoor space
ALT A detail of a painted portrait of Aphra Behn, she has greyish blue eyes, pale skin and slightly curly brown hair. Only the top have of her face is visible
ALT An old oval shaped purse that is clasped at the top and displayed on a plastic mount. It is held by hands in front of a museum display containing sculpture and natural history
ALT Three young children with long hair kneeling in a museum gallery looking into a glass case displaying patterned tunics and various objects such as sculptures and spears.