Gods, pirates and a long-lost emperor
Read local copywriter and editor Samantha Fryer Ward’s blog about Gods, pirates and a long-lost emperor! Featuring the Museums Mercury sculpture and rare gold Aureus coin of the Emperor Carausius.
Rural Life in the Cotswolds
Our recent Behind the Scenes tour focused upon the rural life collection and more specifically on the crafts associated with straw. This gave me the excuse to go through the collection and pick out some things with some fabulous names.
Remembrance of things past – Treasures from the Corinium Museum Archive
Robert Heaven is a born and bred Cirencester man with an interest in 19th and 20th Century Social History. Educated first at Cirencester School and later at Sussex University and Birkbeck London, he specialises in Popular Culture as depicted in the press and other media. He writes the “Nostalgia” page for the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard each week and is the convenor of the OldCiren group on Social Media.
Whoo are yhoo? – The Early Celtic Menagerie of England and Wales and its Owl
Animals and humans have always been a well-recognised part of the earliest Celtic Art style in Europe – also known as La Tène art. This is no different in Britain, discover more with Reb Ellis a PhD Student at the University of Hull.
Tales from the Stores: Mrs Trinder’s Screen
Journey through the Corinum Museum Resource Centre with Collections Assistant Dr Caroline Morris.
Bird Watching in the Museum
From prehistoric owl brooches to 1940s bird hats the Museum's collections are full of our feathered friends. Through this series of blogs we will explore the different depictions of birds in the museum. Why they were so important in history and what they can tell us about life in the past.
Bird Watching in the Museum
From prehistoric owl brooches to 1940s bird hats the Museum's collections are full of our feathered friends. Through this series of blogs we will explore the different depictions of birds in the museum. Why they were so important in history and what they can tell us about life in the past.
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.
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.
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!
