Posts by venue: Arbeia South Shields’ Roman Fort

My Primary School is at the Museum – By Virginia Wilkinson, Learning Officer for South Tyneside Museums 

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Education
Posted by administrator on November 19, 2018     Permalink     Leave a comment

I’m the Learning Officer for museums in South Tyneside working with Arbeia, South Shields’ Roman Fort and South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. Myself and the team work with many different schools and community groups using the museum collections, and… Read more

Defending the Fort

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on April 9, 2018     Permalink     Comments (2)

Our first exhibition for the year here at Arbeia is all about the fort defences – the walls, ditches, ramparts, gates and towers that defined the fort. During the research for it we came across old photographs of all the… Read more

Horse’s head

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on August 22, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

As part of the Hadrian’s Cavalry exhibition here at Arbeia we have a display of photographs of items from our collection showing images of horses. The most intriguing shows a Roman horse skull under excavation. The skull was found a… Read more

Things to do in north east museums and galleries this summer

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Discovery Museum   Great North Museum: Hancock   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Must-see Museums   Segedunum Roman Fort   Shipley Art Gallery   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Stephenson Steam Railway
Posted by administrator on July 13, 2017     Permalink     Comments (1)

  The pick of the best summer events from Must-see Museums There are lots of things to keep the kids entertained over the school holidays at Tyneside’s museums and galleries. We’ve rounded up our pick of the best to help… Read more

Two decorated swords

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on April 21, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

One of our international loans for the section of Hadrian’s Cavalry exhibition at Arbeia Roman Fort is a complete sword blade with inlaid decoration. This was chosen to be a companion piece to our own (incomplete) blade, which is also… Read more