Rupert Bear Centenary Exhibition at The Beaney

Rupert Bear

Bring your family and friends along and join us for this interactive exhibition opening on Thursday 3rd December* in time for Rupert Bear centenary celebrations!

You will get the opportunity to be immersed into magical seasonal landscapes, enjoy a story corner, play interactive games and create your own story as well as engaging with many original collections and artworks from the museum’s collection (some of which have never been on display before) and learn more about Canterbury’s Mary Tourtel, the creator of Rupert Bear. 

November 8th 2020 is the 100th anniversary since Rupert the Bear first appeared in print in the Daily Express newspaper.

The tale of Rupert Bear is rooted firmly in Canterbury and begins with the story of the Caldwell Family. The Caldwell’s were artists who worked on the restoration of stained-glass windows at Canterbury Cathedral.Their daughter, Mary, attended Simon Langton Girls’ School and then studied at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury before going on to marry a man named Herbert Tourtel.

Herbert worked for the Daily Express, and knowing his wife was somewhat of an artist, she was asked by the newspaper to invent a new children’s character. Her creation, Rupert Bear, was born. 

Rupert first appeared in the Daily Express on Monday 8 November 1920, in a single frame illustration called the ‘Little Lost Bear’, and continued to run in the paper every day thereafter. 

Mary Tourtel illustrated and wrote her Rupert stories until 1935, after which Albert Bestall continued the strip cartoons and became well-known for the Rupert annuals – a number of which are on permanent display in the People and Places gallery. 

Join The Beaney for this interactive exhibition which will celebrate 100 years of Rupert, linking to the museum’s varied collection of Rupert the Bear objects and artworks . Beaney Website

Free entry , donations welcome, Rupert activity bags available (at a charge)

*All dates subject to change due to the ongoing pandemic.


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From: 03 December 2020 09:00 To : 07 March 2021 17:00
Location: The Beaney, 18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2RA
Cost: FREE

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