To mark World Wellbeing Week from June 24 to 30th, we take a look at the role museums can play in helping to boost the mental health of visitors, volunteers and staff. Read our blog to find out more.
May 18th is International Museum Day and the theme is Museums for Education and Research. At the Corinium Museum, education is front and centre of everything we do. Our collections can help us to share knowledge of the past with the public and further add to the knowledge base through research that can offer new insights, information and perspectives.
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Helen O’Neil was one of the pre-eminent archaeologists of the 20th century who contributed greatly to our understanding of the history of this part of the Cotswolds. In 1938, she was invited to become honorary curator here at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
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.
A rare and important find has been unearthed in the Cotswold District. Two Roman cavalry swords along with remnants of their wooden scabbards and fitments were discovered by Glenn Manning during a metal detectorist rally in the north of the Cotswolds. There was also a broken copper alloy bowl discovered with the weaponry.
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.
The Corinium Museum welcomes people from all over the world to discover its galleries. I too have been fortunate enough to be welcomed here on a university placement over the last few weeks. Blog post by Alexandra Davies from the University of the West of England.
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.
