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Alice Westmacott Roman Society Placement

I was really lucky in having the opportunity to come to the Corinium Museum for two weeks as a placement with the Roman Society, where I was able to gain valuable experience working in a museum environment and with public engagement.

Anglo-Saxon jewellery: from burials to Beowulf

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.

Our Work Experience

Isabel Chandanam, Rory Daye, and Jemma Grange - year 10 students from Deerpark School joined the Corinium Museum team for a week of work experience.

Exploring Design at the Corinium Museum

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.

Roman Glassworking

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’.

The Ides of March

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.

Coins As Great Storytellers by Oliver Turney

I will not pretend that everybody loves coins. It’s true – not everyone will spend the majority of their visit to a museum peering through the glass at some tiny circular discs of copper, silver or gold, whose miniscule inscriptions are barely visible to the human eye from close up, let alone from behind the glass! However, don’t be too quick to dismiss these coins: in bypassing them on your trip around the museum, you may be missing out on a truly fascinating story.