Beauty and the Beasts
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Opening the Textus 900 celebrations at Rochester Cathedral, three remarkable British Library manuscripts are now on display in the Cathedral Crypt exhibition Beauty and the Beasts.
Read MoreTextus 900 celebrations 2023 to 2024
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A series of exhibitions and events are set to mark 900 years since the compilation of the most exceptional treasure at Rochester Cathedral.
Read MoreMESS ROOM Creates: An Exhibition of Gargoyles, Grotesques and Medieval Beasts
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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.
Read MoreLenten veils, arrays and vestments
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During Lent, the Cathedral joins many churches from the Anglican Communion and beyond in observing the tradition of veiling its crucifixes and icons. A giant Lenten array covers the High Altar Reredos and the vivid silk altar frontals and vestments used throughout the year are swapped for course undyed fabrics.
Read MoreCrossings - Explore & Draw with Luna Zsigo
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This month, our regular Explore & Draw sessions explored the Crossings, community and refuge exhibition.
Read MoreThe Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q. Raúf
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Multi-award-winning children's author Onjali Raúf joined us for an evening by the Lampedusa Cross to talk about the real-life places and people who inspire her writings and works, and replenish her hopes for a world open to helping all refugees, and ending the inhumanities of racism.
Read MoreHuguenot Refugee Stories
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An evening with Dan Rafiqi, Bert Portal and Tessa Murdoch discussing the first hand accounts of Huguenot refugees Suzanna de Robillard and Issac Minet as part of the Crossings: community and refuge exhibition.
Read MoreCrossings: community and refuge showcase event
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The showcase event of the British Museum Spotlight Loan’s Crossings: community and refuge featured talks from Isaam Kourbaj, artist behind Dark Water, Burning Worlds, and Dr Jill Cook of the British Museum, curator of the Crossings tour.
Read MoreTree conservation
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Caring for the enormous Copper Beech tree towering over the South Nave Transept and an elderly tree in the Precinct requires a specialist tree inspection.
Read MoreCity & Guilds of London Art School
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Over the last decade first and second year students on the BA (Hons) Conservation course at City & Guilds of London Art School have had the opportunity to examine and work on objects from Rochester Cathedral’s collection of sculptural fragments.
Read MoreRestoration of the Cloister Gate
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This Grade 1 gateway gave access through the west range of the cloisters, standing opposite what was once the Bishop’s Palace.
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UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register, 2022
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In 2022 the collection of early English law codes preserved in Textus Roffensis was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register, joining documentary heritage of national significance including the Death Warrant of King Charles I, Magna Carta and the Churchill Archives.
Read MoreWarnings from the fossil record
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The stone of the Cathedral was quarried from around Europe. Many contain the fossilised remains of aquatic creatures with a warning of how changable our planet can be and the catastrophic consequences of rapid climate change.
Read MoreRunning Rochester Cathedral
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What is the impact on the environment of the activities in and around Rochester Cathedral?
Read MoreSilver Eco Church Award
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Rochester Cathedral has been awarded a Silver Eco Award for our sustainability and conservation efforts.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral Graffiti survey
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The photographic graffiti survey of graffiti at Rochester Cathedral begun in 2016 has recorded over 7,000 inscriptions from the 12th to the 21st century. This diverse corpus provides insights into the Cathedral, its worshipers and workers over many generations.
Read MoreNew Lapidarium
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Jacob Scott reports on the move of the Lapidarium stone fragment collection from its previous siting to a new more suitable space.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral Heritage
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The Chapter, staff and volunteers are committed to ensuring the Cathedral and collections serve to their full potential as resources in understanding the past and in facing the evolving challenges and opportunities presented by our world today.
Read MoreSpire lighting
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The spire was fitted with full-colour LED lighting in early 2020 to acknowledge, commemorate and celebrate national and international events and causes throughout the year.
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