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The Museum of Canterbury
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The Museum of Canterbury

The building on the left is the thirteenth Century Poor Priests Hospital. It has been turned into the Museum of Canterbury and houses a `time walk' through Canterbury life from the building of the Roman Town; the murder of Thomas Becket; the original steam locomotive used on George Stephenson's Canterbury and Whitstable railway; and up to Rupert Bear, whose creator, Mary Tourtell lived in Canterbury. I like the Anglo-Saxon portable sundial, perhaps the earliest watch. The museum has a copy, visit the Cathedral treasury to see the silver original.

The building itself is worth a visit, the roof is a fantastic demonstration of craftsmanship in wood.

See another view of the museum



The Canterbury Tour, a unique virtual walk around this ancient city Peter Collinson
This page last changed on 18th November 2018.
Photograph June 2005. © Copyright Peter Collinson, All rights reserved.