Collections Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

1 collections

1.1 paintings
1.2 original collections
1.3 buffs regiment

collections
paintings

herne mill 1914 william sidney cooper, in herne bay museum.

the gallery known collection of works local artists including thomas sidney cooper , relatives thomas george cooper , william sidney cooper. contained old masters , european oils 16th century onwards. de zoete collection of english , dutch artists given gerard frederick de zoete (1850-1932) in 1906. museum had van dyck painting of james s daughter , burne-jones wheel of fortune in oils. has collection of engravings , prints of old canterbury, given dr pugin thornton , j. henniker heaton, besides ingram collection of engravings , drawings of india, , godfrey collection of old italian engravings. in gallery s collection paintings norwich school , adrian scott stokes, besides 16th-century portrait of chaucer, 2 jacob epstein portrait busts , 1 henry weekes. 1 of last important acquisitions sir basil dixwell van dyck bought £1 million canterbury on behalf of museum in 2004. during refurbishment, these exhibits either in storage, specialist conservators remedial work, or on short term display @ museum of canterbury until 2012, van dyck seen.

original collections

the anglo-saxon glass beaker, in herne bay museum.

the original collections included english , european ceramics oriental porcelain anglo-saxon grave jewellery kent. had mounted wildlife bequeathed s. r. lushington, , hammond bird collection bequeathed in 1903. large, 18th century chandelier in basement room came cathedral. had geological , natural history collections, , ethnological collection included 3 māori tattooed heads, returned new zealand in 1990s. had 2 fourth or fifth-century runestones sandwich, 1 of had raehaebul engraved on it, possibly headstone; in case these might oldest jutish tombstones yet found. had ancient greek bas relief tablets.

also in original collection st augustine s chair, stanford bishop church in herefordshire. not chair of st augustine thought st augustine sat when received british bishops @ augustine s oak, 602-604 ad. rescued dr james johnston church during restorations , given museum in 1899 son. chair remains part of collection lent stanford bishop church in 1943, , latest research suggests 18th-century origin. beside 14th-century chair said have been taken notre dame de paris during french revolution. 1 of museum s prized possessions burghmote horn, said have called corporation assembly time of henry iii until 1835. had municipal maces of extinct corporation of fordwich, pilgrims tokens used souvenirs of shrine of thomas becket. in 1975 museum given ancient helmet of st alphege church.

its collections of prehistoric implements , roman , anglo-saxon antiquities found in canterbury, thanet , east kent have since been shared local museums: example perfect anglo-saxon glass beaker hollow tears found @ reculver @ herne bay museum. of romano-british pottery , glass found in canterbury @ roman museum. remaining collections stored @ museum of canterbury, objects on display.

buffs regiment

until closed in 2009 refurbishment known buffs gallery, containing archives of buffs (royal east kent regiment). around 1960 collection in west gate towers museum, moved royal museum in 1978. prior refurbishment, beaney included room on regiment s history 16th century 1961, when regiment amalgamated princess of wales s royal regiment.

ownership of buffs collection , archives transferred national army museum in london in 2000. collection stored museum, objects on display @ base in chelsea , in new displays @ beaney itself. collection includes pictures, trophies, mess silver, uniforms, weapons , medals including victoria crosses telling stories of campaigns north africa , burma france , germany,. includes material on east kent s volunteers , militia.