Read our latest blog post about the Septimius Stone by Elliot Masefield from The Cotswold School. The Septimius stone is a stone block that once stood at the base of a restored Jupiter column. The inscription carved into its face commemorates the governor Lucius Septimius, by whom the monument was restored.
Genii Cuculatti peoem and blog post by Corinium Museum's poet in residence Juliette Morton.
Corinium Museum has appointed Emma Stuart as its new Museum Director.
Gazing at the beautiful red garnets glinting in gold at the Corinium Museum’s Anglo-Saxon exhibit, I could imagine the lustre of the dragon’s hoard in ‘Beowulf’, brought to life through archaeology. My love of early medieval artefacts and literature grew through studying Fine Art, English Literature and Medieval History A-Levels, yet this exhibit has inspired me to consider Old English literature with a new light on archaeology, landscape and material culture.
Blog post by recent A-Level work placement Henry Boulton.
Geordie is an under-graduate student at the University of Exeter. He is undertaking a placement at the Corinium Museum as part of his module on Public History. Geordie contributed this blog as part of his placement experience, A Reflection on Animal History at the Corinium Museum.
Isabel Chandanam, Rory Daye, and Jemma Grange - year 10 students from Deerpark School joined the Corinium Museum team for a week of work experience.
During March and April 2022, we ran an online art psychotherapy group for adults who were under the care of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust mental health recovery teams. I am an Art Psychotherapist and I ran the group with Jessica Goodman, Mental Health Nurse.
Local vineyards and winemakers are preparing to celebrate English Wine Week from June 18th. This festival may be very new to the calendar, but the roots of English wine run all the way back to Roman Britain, and perhaps even before.
