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Corinium Museum, in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist, Dr Alison Grierson-Brookes, former Head of Collections at Corinium Museum, who has begun a new venture combining her two great passions archaeology and walking! Head out with Alison to explore what lies beneath your feet revealing the ancient town of Roman Corinium, parts of the wall and impressive amphitheatre. After a short break for refreshments,…

Corinium Museum, in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist, Dr Alison Grierson-Brookes, former Head of Collections at Corinium Museum, who has begun a new venture combining her two great passions archaeology and walking! Head out with Alison to explore what lies beneath your feet revealing the ancient town of Roman Corinium, parts of the wall and impressive amphitheatre. After a short break for refreshments,…

Cirencester has always had the spirit to tackle perceived injustice and stand up to the Abbot/Lord of the Manor and the reigning King, even when the odds were stacked against them. This town tour takes you on a tale of Cirencester’s troubles with the Abbey and the Monarchy. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a raincoat! Meet at the museum. Booking essential Booking recommended as places are limited to 10 people

Join our collections team for a tour of the stores. There are all sorts of objects behind those doors: from prehistoric to the 1950s, through stone, costume, pottery, rural life and social history. We have scythes and hoovers, pottery from all ages and Roman mosaics, carved column plinths and stone coffins, medieval tiles and corbels, smocks and horse collars. We will take you round and tell you all about what we have and what we do in the stores; then…

Cirencester is known as a Roman and medieval town, but what you see in Cirencester town centre today is the result of its Georgian successes. Out with the old order and in with the new with the rise of entrepreneurs and the middling sort. Hear about political shenanigans, riots, ruffians and religious non-conformity -  and not forgetting the entertainments! Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a raincoat! Meet at the museum. Booking recommended Limited to 10 people

Corinium Museum, in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist, Dr Alison Grierson-Brookes, former Head of Collections at Corinium Museum, who has begun a new venture combining her two great passions archaeology and walking! Head out with Alison to explore what lies beneath your feet revealing the ancient town of Roman Corinium, parts of the wall and impressive amphitheatre. After a short break for refreshments,…

Hidden Kingdoms: exploring South-West Britain in the early medieval period - Professor Stephen Rippon, University of Exeter Britain ceasing to be part of the Roman Empire was one of the most formative episodes in our history, yet research on Late Antique Britain has traditionally privileged eastern ‘Anglo-Saxon England’ over the so-called western ‘Celtic fringe’. This project will redress this imbalance by exploring the landscape, communities, and material culture of the ‘hidden kingdoms’ of South-Western Britain (such as ‘Dumnonia’) that existed…

A spectacular silver coin hoard has just emerged from Cotswold soil – the first Iron Age coin hoard in the museum's collection. It contains more than 160 coins dating to the late Iron Age, and displays a variety of stunning abstract designs attributed to the Dobunni tribe. There is rarely any wording on Iron Age coins, so what messages do they carry? Join Collections Engagement Officer James Harris to hear the story of how this important treasure was found and…