Events In The National Roman Legion Museum

National Roman Legion Museum, High Street, Caerleon NP18 1AE.
Tel: 01633 423134 Fax: 01633 422869
Email: rlm@nmgw.ac.uk
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 2pm - 5pm.
Open most public holidays, ring to confirm.
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Summer Holiday activities:

Monday 9th -Sunday 22nd August 11am - 4pm
Romans in Residence. Who knows what characters you will meet at the Museum? It may be a trader, a doctor or a soldier; talk to them about their lives and try some Roman activities. Free entry. Suitable for all.

Monday 23rd - Sunday 29th August 11am - 4pm
The Arthurian Quest. Free entry. Family Activities.

Bank Holiday Monday 30th August 11am - 4pm
Secrets of the Roman Garden. Learn about the culinary, medicinal and magical uses of plants and herbs. Free entry. Suitable for all.

Tuesday 23rd September Evening Talk 7-9pm
Birthday Lecture - AD 410 - Defence of the West: a late Roman Command in Western Britain reinstated. Dr Roger White, Academic Director, Ironbridge Institute, University of Birmingham. Talk and light refreshments. £3 per ticket. Pre booking required.

Half Term - Monday 25th - Friday 29th October 11am - 4pm
Treasure Hunt. £1 per child. Family Activities.

Saturday October 30th 6-8pm
Samhain. Games, stories and a prize fancy dress competition on the (almost) spookiest night of the year! £2.50 children; £1.50 adults. Pre-booking required. Family Activities.

November
Evening Talk TBC.

Saturday 11th December 11am -4pm
Saturnalia - Christmas at the Museum. A glimpse of Christmases past, with activities, mince pies and guaranteed snow! Free entry. Suitable for all.

 January 2011
Evening Talk date TBC. The A-Z of the Romans. Looking at all aspects of Roman life from Amphorae to Zebras!

Half Term Monday 2st - Friday 25th February
Roman Soldier Workshops. Let your little soldier have a taste of life as a Roman soldier.

St David’s Day Tuesday 1st March
Activities to mark St David’s Day.

March
Evening Talk - Date and title TBC
National Science & Engineering Weekends (date TBA)

Please check with the Museum before making a special journey and to confirm times and prices of events.

In And Around Caerleon

Tuesday 10th August - Wednesday 15th September (excluding Mondays)
ARCHAEOLOGY IN ACTION. Free public tours of the Priory Field archaeoligical excavations conducted by Cardiff University and University College London. A guide will meet visitors at 11am and 2:30pm at the gate to Priory Field on the Broadway (road leading from the Roman Legion Museum to the Amphitheatre).

Friday 27th & Saturday 28th August
ART EXHIBITION. Come and celebrate a lifetime of Wilfred Wilson's paintings, a selected number of pictures will be for sale. The Methodist Chapel, Church Street, Caerleon, NP18 1AW, 10:30am until 4:30pm. Entry free. For more details please contact Lindsay Horth (01633) 422773. View Wilfred's online Lifetime Exhibition 2010.