Curriculum enrichment sessions
Explore the exhibition and get hands-on with genuine Roman artefacts
Roman artefacts handling session + Baths tour (Key Stage 2)
Our Roman artefacts handling session will give students the chance to handle and examine Roman finds from Leicester and further afield. Students will experience how artefacts help us understand life in a Roman town and how archaeologists and historians interpret this evidence.
Students will also tour the remains of the Baths site outdoors to learn how some of these artefacts were used in a Roman Baths.
This session lasts for approximately 90 minutes in total and is led by a member of the Learning team.
Roman artefacts handling + archaeological illustration session (Key Stage 3)
Our Roman artefacts handling session will give students the chance to handle and examine Roman finds from Leicester and further afield. Students will experience how artefacts help us understand life in a Roman town and how archaeologists and historians interpret this evidence.
Students will sketch one of the artefacts, making annotations on colour, material, measurements, and other features. Students will learn how archaeological illustration is used in the field to aid the documentation of finds.
This session lasts for approximately 75 minutes and is led by a member of the Learning team.
Add this workshop to your visit from £4.50 per pupil (this is in addition to the ticket price).
Learning outcomes
Pupils will:
- learn what life was like in Roman Leicester for different people, including food and clothing, bathing and social activities, housing and other buildings in the Roman town.
- learn how the Baths played a central part in the life of the town and what people did there.
- learn how we find out about life in Roman Leicester, using archaeological evidence from excavations and artefacts.
- be able to put this into practice by handling and examining artefacts for themselves.
- learn about multiculturalism in Roman Leicester, where residents came from and where they travelled to in the Roman Empire.