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Funerary helmet from the Strange tomb at All Saints Church, Somerford Keynes.

Funeral Helms

This guest blog is written by Mary Oliver. Mary visited the Corinium Museum Collection as a researcher and has kindly written this post about Funeral Helms from the Cotswold area.

Sam’s Volunteering Experience at Corinium Museum

Cirencester College Student Sam has been volunteering at the Museum as part of an internship for an Employment Skills course. Read about what he got up to during his time with the collections team.

Happy Birthday Corinium Museum

This year Corinium Museum celebrates being 80 years old! Customer Advisor Tania Boulton takes a look at the history of the museum from its opening in 1938 to the present day.

Tales from the Stores: Kathleen’s dress

Journey through the Corinum Museum Resource Centre with Collections Assistant Caroline Morris as she gathers objects for a talk about the museum’s costume collection.

Tales from the Stores: Mad as a Hatter

Journey through the Corinum Museum Resource Centre with Collections Assistant Caroline Morris as she gathers objects for a talk about the museum’s costume collection.

Volunteering as an Education Assistant

Read about Cirencester College student Martin Richardson's experience as a Volunteer Education Assistant at Corinium Museum.

Emily packing a Roman hippo - horse - sandal

Volunteering at Corinium Museum

Emily has been volunteering with various projects at the museum for about two years, while studying Classics and English at university. These are her eloquent and fascinating thoughts on her time here at Corinium Museum.

Discovery to Display

On Saturday 21st July a special event organised by the Corinium Museum and Cotswold Archaeology, and funded by the Roman Society, invited Museum and Roman Society Members to board a bus and go on a journey to learn about the process of archaeological discovery to display!