Threads through Creation

Threads through Creation

Threads through Creation is a spectacular sequence of twelve huge textile panels. It’s an exuberant retelling of the creation story in the book of Genesis, a retelling which many visitors will find both moving and breathtaking. Viewers are treated to a wonderful variety of colours, shapes, patterns – and of course lots of creatures!

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MESS ROOM Creates: An Exhibition of Gargoyles, Grotesques and Medieval Beasts

MESS ROOM Creates: An Exhibition of Gargoyles, Grotesques and Medieval Beasts

Artists from Kent Association for the Blind Art Groups, Peer Arts and Deaf Peer Arts are delighted to share their exhibition inspired by Beauty and the Beasts in partnership with Dr Diane Heath and Martin Crowther from the NLHF Medieval Animals Heritage project at Canterbury Christ Church University.

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Peace Doves

Peace Doves

The art installation Peace Doves by sculptor Peter Walker was hung in the nave of the Cathedral bringing a message of peace and hope.

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Life Lightshow

Life Lightshow

This stunning lightshow by Luxmuralis saw the inside of the Cathedral transformed into a visual journey to reflect upon life on todays planet in a single 24-hour period.

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Crossings: community and refuge

Crossings: community and refuge

A British Museum Spotlight Loan Crossings: community and refuge is touring the Lampedusa Cross around the UK. The exhibition at Rochester Cathedral is a focus for several talks and events.

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Gaia

Gaia

Gaia was a series of sustainability-themed events and reflections centered around Luke Jerram’s art installation.

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Leaves of the Trees

Leaves of the Trees

Leaves of the Trees saw the east end of the Cathedral carpeted with 5,000 metal leaves as part of an art display by Peter Walker.

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Space Voyage Lightshow

Space Voyage Lightshow

Space Voyage was a spectacular internal sound and light show transforming the inside of the majestic Cathedral with scenes from cosmos and the history of spaceflight.

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Summer of Faith, Hope and Love

Summer of Faith, Hope and Love

In the summer of 2021 Rochester Cathedral reopened its doors to rediscover 1400 years of rich history with a series of events and exhibits called ‘Faith, Hope & Love’ focussing on the Cathedral’s diverse history, architecture, community and collections.

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Dean Reynolds Hole: King of the Roses

Dean Reynolds Hole: King of the Roses

“He who would have beautiful Roses in his garden must have beautiful Roses in his heart”. So wrote Samuel Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester from 1877 until his death in 1904.

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Big History

Big History

Explore the deep history and archaeology behind the cathedral and medieval priory in our new exhibition in the Cathedral Crypt.

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Museum of the Moon

Museum of the Moon

Museum of the Moon is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface.

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There But Not There

There But Not There

Eighteen transparent seated military figures representing former pupils of King’s School, Rochester, who gave their lives in the First World War.

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7,000 Poppies

7,000 Poppies

To mark Remembrance Day in 2018 over 7,000 knitted poppies were displayed at Rochester Cathedral.

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Fragments of History

Fragments of History

The 2019 Crypt exhibition featured some of the finest sculptural fragments gathered from around the building over the last 200 years.

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Beyond Divine Light

An exhibition by photographer Clive Tanner of English Cathedrals.

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Magna Carta 800

Magna Carta 800

Textus featured in an exhibition of the Faversham Magna Carta in 2015, highlighting the significance of these foundational documents of English Law.

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