The heritage Museum of the city of Canterbury is located on the street, Stour street, in a former almshouse for mendicant friars. The Museum is dedicated to the city's history, from prehistoric times. Also in the Museum is a gallery dedicated to Rupert bear, the comic book character, which the author, Mary Tourtel, lived in Canterbury.

The Museum is housed in the former hospice of the virgin Mary, consisting of two adjacent buildings and a chapel, was built at the turn of XII-XIII centuries. In 1373 to the building added a basement and the little room at the top for the head of the almshouses, then were added another upper floors. The secularization of the lands affected and almshouses of the virgin Mary, with 1575 in this ensemble of buildings housed a school, a clinic, workhouse and asylum for the poor. The history Museum was opened in 1987, was renovated by the famous vaulted ceilings on the upper floors of the building.

Among the exhibits we note the Canterbury cross is an Anglo – Saxon brooch 850), which was discovered in 1867 during excavations in the street of St. George. It is also represented the remains of ancient people who lived here, and reconstruction of his face. Three walls is a tapestry that tells about the life of Thomas Becket. Previously, the Museum presented silver portable sundial of the X century, but now because of the precautions they removed. But exposed one of the first locomotives "Undefeated" (Invicta), is made known to the inventors Stevensonii. The Museum also features a collection of weapons, furniture, household items; dedicated room dedicated to local poet and playwright of the contemporary of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe. Gallery comic strip about a Teddy bear Rupert introduced to other characters British television show of the early and mid twentieth century.