Roman Family Fun Week – Bringing History Alive.

Roman Family Fun Week – Bringing History Alive.

“Play is the work of the Child”  – Maria Montessori For over 10 years the Abbey Museum has run Roman Family Fun Week.  It has proved to be a great success with families as it caters for children from 3 to 12 years of age. It’s a fun, hands-on day filled with...
Teaching the Value of Archaeology

Teaching the Value of Archaeology

To many people archaeology embodies adventure, excitement, very old things and, of course, thanks to the Indiana Jones franchise, unfortunately Nazis. The image of Indiana Jones, Hollywood’s archetypal archaeologist, has been burned into the minds of the “baby boomer”...