Museum of Canterbury with Rupert Bear Museum
Museum of Canterbury with Rupert Bear Museum
Stour Street
Canterbury
Kent
UK
Tel: + 44 (0)1227 475 202
Email: museums@canterbury.gov.uk
Canterbury's history - from Pre-Roman to Rupert and beyond!
Housed in the medieval Poor Priests' Hospital and now extended into two adjoining buildings, the new museum has an increased range of exhibits from pre-Roman times to the present.
- Prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon displays
- Medieval Discovery Gallery
- Marlowe "whodunnit" display
- Wartime Blitz experience
- Joseph Conrad Gallery
- Bagpuss and Clangers display
- Rupert Bear Museum
- Exhibitions gallery
Hands-on activities have been specially designed to appeal to family groups -you can 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 will be a new education wing, featuring the 1900s house Victorian collection. A well-stocked shop for souvenirs, presents and a host of publications on the Museum's themes complete the new facilities.
The Museum of Canterbury is in the medieval Poor Priests' Hospital on the riverbank in Stour Street in the centre of historic Canterbury.
Open all year, Monday - Saturday, 11.00 - 16.00 (last entry). Closed Good Friday, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Also open on Sundays from June to the end of September 13.30 - 16.00 (last entry).
Admission prices from 1 April 2009 until 31 March 2010:
Adults: £3.60, Concessions: £2.30, Family: £9.20 (2 adults and up to 3 children)
Groups of 10+: 10% discount, Teachers free.
Save £ by buying a museum passport for discounted entry to Canterbury Roman Museum, Museum of Canterbury - with Rupert Bear Museum and West Gate Towers! Full price £6.40 Concessions £3.80, Family £15.50
