Canterbury
Roman Museum
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Restaurant nearby |
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Picnic area nearby |
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Licensed Restaurant/Cafe nearby |
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November-End May (Monday-Saturday) |
10.30am -
5.00pm (Last admission 4.00pm)
1.30pm - 5.00pm (Last admission 4.00pm) |
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Contact
address
Website
:www.canterbury-museums.co.uk
Canterbury Museums Office
High Street
Canterbury
CT1 2RA
Site address
and bookings
Canterbury Roman Museum
Butchery Lane
Longmarket
Canterbury
Tel : 01227 452747
Fax : 01227 455047
Tel : 01227 785575
Fax : 01227 455047
for their help in constructing this page
All photographs used © Canterbury
Museum
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Below
the Longmarket Shopping Centre in the heart of Canterbury lies the Canterbury
Roman Museum. Here you can start your journey through the history of Roman
Canterbury by following the detective work originally carried out by the
archaeologists. Passing through the museum, there are many displays where
you can learn about Roman life in a Roman city that was one of the first
to be established after the Romans invaded Britain in AD43.
The
museum is divided into individual galleries that depict different aspects
of Roman life both civil and military. The exhibits are many and varied,
ranging from the early Roman town, on through market stalls set out with
authentic reconstructions, and on to scenes of everyday Roman life as
it was for the inhabitants of Durovernum Cantiacorum as Canterbury
was known 2000 years ago.
Moving
on through the galleries, there are scenes that enlighten you to the lifestyle
of the typical family. The home with the household's shrine to the gods.
The lady of the house having her hair styled. The intricate artefacts
handcrafted from precious silver and stunning glassware and the murder
swords. There is also a 3D animation of Roman Canterbury and it's temple,
using the latest archaeological evidence.
The
exhibits move on through the time tunnel and finally show the end of Roman
Canterbury and how wartime bombing unearthed a site that had been undisturbed
for so long. Here you find the excavated Roman house complete with hypocaust
room and stunning mosaic floors. After this you come to the computer show
that explains the excavation work and creates an on screen tour of the
bath house.
