Get crafty with history at Corinium Museum this half term
Travel back in time this May half term as the Corinium Museum in Cirencester launches a programme of family-friendly creative workshops inspired by life, art, and plays from the past.
Designed to bring history to life, the museum’s craft sessions aim to spark curiosity and creativity while exploring history in an engaging and accessible way. Children will have the opportunity to weave, design, problem‑solve and engineer as they explore historical crafts and games through practical activities led by the museum team.
Workshop programme:
Anglo-Saxon Weaving Workshop
Tuesday 26 May
Participants will learn traditional weaving techniques and create their own wall hanging inspired by Anglo‑Saxon designs.
Price: £10–£12.50
Anglo-Saxon Weaving - Corinium Museum
Beautiful Brooches!
Wednesday 27 May
Children can design and make a beautiful Anglo‑Saxon‑style brooch to take home as a keepsake.
Price: £10–£12.50
Beautiful Brooches - Corinium Museum
Boardgame Battle!
Thursday 28 May
Explore ancient board games, discover the strategies behind them, and then design and engineer an original game.
Price: £12–£15
Boardgame Battle! - Corinium Museum
Each session runs from 10.30am to 12pm and must be booked in advance.
Tickets and full details are available online at:
www.coriniummuseum.org/calendar/category/families/
Contact Information
Cotswold District Council Communications Team
Notes to editors
About Corinium Museum
Corinium Museum is located at the heart of Cirencester, the ‘Capital of the Cotswolds’. The principal collection consists of the highly significant finds from the Roman town of Corinium. However, the museum today is much more than that, taking you on a journey through time and charting the development of the Cotswolds from its prehistoric landscape to the modern-day.
Freedom Leisure runs the Corinium Museum facility on behalf of Cotswold District Council.
About Freedom Leisure
Freedom Leisure is one of the largest charitable and not-for-profit leisure trusts in the UK managing over 100 leisure and cultural facilities on behalf of partners across England and Wales. We are proud to be delivering high quality, value for money locally-focused leisure services that are sustainable and accessible to all and we are committed to their ongoing development. As a not-for-profit organisation all surpluses are reinvested in support of the objectives we share with our partners.
Improving lives through leisure
- Enabling communities to be more active more often, making the most of their leisure time
- To be a fun and rewarding place for our colleagues to work
- To support our partners with the provision of great community facilities
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