The amphitheatre in Cirencester is the second biggest in Britain after the one found in London, it dates as far back as the early 2nd Century, and could have held the entire population of Corinium at its height, around 8,000 people.
I remember it was a cold and murky September afternoon. My dad, my sister Molly and I decided to have an afternoon metal detecting at one of my dad’s local detecting permissions.
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.
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.
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.
On 11th- 13th June 1953 at 9pm each night, Cirencester put on a Floodlit pageant in celebration of the Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.
I decided to complete my experiential learning placement at the Corinium museum, to gain a better understanding of how exhibits are designed, arranged, and displayed. I also wanted to see for myself, how visitors engaged with the exhibits from an observational perspective.
Glassworking had a long history before the Romans. Hellenistic glass workers would make bowls and cups by 'sagging' molten glass into moulds and items with hollow insides such as jugs and vases using a technique called ‘core-forming’.
Two thousand and sixty-six years ago, in 44 BC, on the 15th day of March, the life of Julius Caesar, immortalised in literature and popular culture from his own time to ours, was brought to an end.
