Beaney House of Art & Knowledge The Beaney Museum in Canterbury is all about the local history and community. It’s collections are founded by local victorian boys who made good. Part of giving back to their home town was bequeathing their collections and some money. Today, the museum is up to date featuring… Read More Tales by/of Canterbury
Canterbury is an incredibly old city – even for the UK. It has been continually habituated for thousands of years. It is more well known for being the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury (the Head of the Anglican Church) and the destination/location of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Roman Museum Under the… Read More Layers of history
York Art Gallery The York Art Galley is a fun and unfussy art museum. The collection is engaging and has been engaged with by curators, students, volunteers, local artists and other visitors. The special exhibition at the time of my visit was ‘Flesh.’ Rather than simply looking at luminous skin of Madonna’s the… Read More Ceramics, Art & Vanitas
York Castle Museum The York Castle Museum is located in an old prison. And it feels like it. They have gone to great lengths to make the whole museum child friendly and were very successful. I personally did not enjoy the gallows set up in the yard but others might! The period rooms were a… Read More Castle, Prison or Museum?
Yorkshire Museum The Yorkshire museum is dedicated not only to the city of York but the county of Yorkshire as a whole. If you are at all into the War of the Roses and Starz new series the White Princess (like me) this place is great! I favoured the medieval section in the basement.… Read More York/shire
My pilgrimage to all the William Morris sites in London fittingly finished with the place he lived and died in. William Morris Society (Kelmscott Press) The small museum run by the William Morris Society sits in the basement and Coach House of Morris’ last home. He ran his infamous Kelmscott Press here and held… Read More The End of Morris
Hogarth’s House William Hogarth was a famous and inventive painter and printmaker. He is famous for his serial prints which depict moral tales of London life in the 18th century. He also helped develop copyright laws in England in order to stop people from reproducing his work without paying him. He also helped to found… Read More A museum nerd’s progress
If you follow this blog (or follow me on instagram) you know of my deep and everlasting love of designer and activist William Morris! This post another Morris fan letter. Red House This whole house is full of love, inspiration and fun. Morris wanted a place to live with his wife Jane and their children.… Read More Friends, Family and Wombats
Lisbon is a beautiful city of tiles and a wonderful collection of art. This next post is a 2-4-1 situation. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum This museum is comprised of two collections (in two separate buildings). There is the Modern Art Collection and the Founder’s Collection. The buildings are in the brutalist style with amazing gardens… Read More Gublekian Gift’s
Lisboa Story Centre This little museum tells the story of Lisbon from a tiny fishing village to a capitol. You can tell a lot of work went into its creation. First off, you have to wear headphones! The experience is a combination of audio, videos, objects and set-like areas. There is very little… Read More Lisboa: Past & Present
