Early Middle Ages

The Beltaine festival, celebrated among the Gauls at the start of the light season, marks the start of agricultural work: banquet, music, bonfires and ritual battles are on the program for the evening of 23 April.

On this weekend you will experience the Middle Ages in the whole town of Bärnau with all your senses!

The Middle Ages are not the same as the Middle Ages. You can see this particularly clearly in the clothing. Today we want to introduce you to the various fashions of the early Middle Ages with tunics, calf wraps and temple rings, in the High Middle Ages with givers, leg warmers and surcots, or in the late Middle Ages with pourpoints and straps.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Musée des Temps Barbares, the Living History Festival will take place: 2000 years of French History. See you on June 25 and 26, 2022 in Marle (Aisne) to discover this historic event!

During the National Archeology Days everyone can participate in the organized activities. An excavation is organized especially for children, where they can search for pottery and Roman coins. You can then take these objects home with you to enjoy the day even more.  

A chance to find out about this unique archaeological and experimental site at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

This one day course is a chance to try your hand at the craft of rush weaving in the inspirational setting of St Fagans National Museum of History. Working under the guidance of local craftswoman Clare Revera, you’ll learn the techniques required to make a rush table mat or two (or more if you're quick!).

Dedicated to the Thracians and their ancient and highly developed civilization, the festival "Odryuza - the cradle of a thousand cities" will take us to times that still amaze humanity today.

The International Reenactment Market IRM is the first international fair for living history, re-enactment, and experimental archaeology of all periods in Germany, and was launched in 2011 in the Archaeological Park Roman Villa Borg. The new location for 2022 is the Römerwelt museum at Rheinbrohl, located between Bonn and Koblenz.

Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft one of humanity’s oldest instruments. Guided by craftsman, musician, and living history practitioner Lewis Beck, learn to use steam-bent birch wood and ethically-sourced goat hide to create a 16-inch frame drum and beater using ancient techniques. Running each day this weekend.