Corinium Museum, Cirencester

National Archaeology Roadshow at Corinium Museum - Fossils fuel a week of fun at the Corinium Museum

Fantastic fossils will be on show at just one of a host of events lined up for National Archaeology Week at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester.

The week, which runs from July 16th to 24th, features fascinating finds at venues across England and Wales.

Events linked to the Corinium Museum include an archaeology talk, a finds identification day and an evening lecture on burials in Iron Age times.

The week finishes on a high note with The Fossil Roadshow - a great drop-in family event - Saturday, July 23rd from 10am-5pm and Sunday, July 24th from 2pm-5pm.

Children and parents will get the opportunity to examine fossils, make casts and trilobite masks, and reconstruct a Jurassic environment. The price of this event is included in admission.

Among the fossils on show will be the ammonite being examined by young visitor Jacob Chash . Ammonites lived in the seas between 415 - 65 million years ago, when they became extinct along with the dinosaurs. They belong to a group of predators known as cephalopods, which now include their modern day descendents the octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus.
		Jacob Chash with an ammonite

The other National Archaeology Week events at the Corinium Museum are:

Wednesday, July 20th: Wotsits and Thingamajigs - a finds identification day from 10am -12pm and 2-4pm. Archaeological Officer Paula Gentil will be on hand to look at and identify those mystery objects which have been found, dug up or simply inherited. This event is included in the price of museum admission.

Wednesday, July 20th: A talk on the Excavations at Blenheim Farm, Moreton in Marsh, by Jon Hart from Cotswold Archaeology from 2-3pm.The talk is included in the price of admission but booking is essential.

		Thursday July 21st : Museum Assistant Alison Brookes will deliver a fascinating evening lecture from 7- 8pm, entitled The Visible Dead – Late Iron Age Mortuary Practice in South Eastern Britain. This is the first lecture by Alison, who has a PhD in Iron Age archaeology, since she joined the Museum earlier this year. It will investigate how people prepared for burial in south-eastern Britain from 75BC-AD70. The cost of this event is £5 with 10% discount to museum cardholders. Booking is essential.
Alison Brookes in reconstruction of Iron Age burial chamber at the Corinium Museum

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