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The Beaney

Museum, library and art gallery in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Organization museum Q7374508
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Summary

The Beaney is a museum[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United Kingdom[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canterbury[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: local authority museum[6]
  • Architectural style: Tudor Revival architecture[7]
  • Postal code: CT1 2JE[8]
  • Part of: Canterbury Museums and Galleries[9]
  • Commons category: Beaney House of Art and Knowledge[10]
  • Has part(s): Canterbury Library[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1899[12]
  • Located on street: High Street[13]
  • Official website: https://canterburymuseums.co.uk/the-beaney/[14]
  • Has facility: accessible toilet[15]
  • Commons Institution page: Beaney House of Art and Knowledge[16]
  • Street address: High Street, Canterbury CT1 2JE[17]
  • Historic county: Kent[18]

Why It Matters

The Beaney is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Mapping Museums. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . British Museum person-institution thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Mapping Museums. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Tilman2007 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'ru']
    Sitelink count → 3
    Image → 1085027 II PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AT BEANEY INSTITUTE, HI
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: 1085027 II PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AT BEANEY INSTITUTE, HIGH STREET Canterbury 20260607 0005.jpg"
  2. 22w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://canterburymuseums.co.uk/the-beaney/
    Wellcome collection concept id → r8f5emvd
    Atlas obscura place id → beaney-house-of-art-and-knowledge
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum Countries from MML ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/1f775a6fab1|details]])"
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