Roman Era

The Roman Festival is in preparation! Visitors can look forward to two weekends of authentically re-enacted ancient Roman civil and military life in the Roman City Quarter and the Military City’s Amphitheatre on 15/16/22/23 June.

Autumn Holidays = Museum Kids Week. Discover prehistory, Roman times and the Middle Ages. Participate in sword fighting, archery and make your own felt bracelet! Become a real Roman and participate in the exercise and make the most beautiful fibula. Enjoy the gladiators at the end of the day and choose your favorite gladiator

Wittle your own walking stick and learn how to steam bend a crooked walking stick.

ALL COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE- MINIMUM NUMBERS APPLY

This course will be repeated on 28 July. 

During this one-day course, make your own spoon under the guidance of Eoin Donnelly, a third-generation woodsman.

ALL COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE- MINIMUM NUMBERS APPLY

This course will be repeated August 11. 

As part of the Festival of Archaeology held each year by the Council for British Archaeology, we have a range of archaeological and outdoor activities for all the family to take part in. Learn how our ancestors lived with a range of hands-on activities.

Music-archaeological studies often draw to a large extent on experimental activities, which are more and more reflected in the scientific discourse, as the subject evolves. This symposium acknowledges current trends in the experimental reconstruction and making of ancient musical instruments, and in experimental playing.

Six days of metal working
Five workshops
Four metals
One Master of Metal

The purpose of ISBSA is to bring together all those involved in the study of the form, structure, function, and operational performance of ancient boats. The first symposium examined the methodological problems of studying boat remains. Many of the topics addressed at that initial meeting, such as experimental archaeology and ethnography.