The Roman Empire and its Impact on Britain
Grosvenor Museum 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, Cheshire, United KingdomInvestigate the Romanisation of Britain and explore life in Roman Chester with our partners www.romantoursuk.com
Investigate the Romanisation of Britain and explore life in Roman Chester with our partners www.romantoursuk.com
Your themed visit includes a guided tour of our fully working watermill explaining the machinery, the history and the importance of the mill in food and farming.
Use objects to develop your source enquiry skills and to explore and compare ideas about medicine and health in three different time periods; Roman, Tudor/Stuart and Victorian/20th Century. This session can also be delivered as an outreach session.
Develop your historical enquiry skills as you investigate primary and secondary sources through four fun, period-linked activites.
Discover the history of the River Dee and how it has shaped the lives of people in Chester from Roman times to the present day.
Meet Ceolwulf, our resident Saxon, find out how his ancestors invaded and about his life in the settlement of Nort Wic in 975.
Step into the world of the Vikings with our Viking Trader. Discover fearsome weapons and how to form a shield wall.
Experience the hard life of the poor in Victorian times by visiting the original workhouse for mid-Cheshire.
Find out how to survive as a Pre-historic hunter-gatherer and as a Bronze Age farmer.