Beyond the Baths

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Collection Volunteers Day Out 2012

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At the Roman Baths Museum we have a wide variety of people behind the scenes volunteering with us. We have students studying or wanting to s...
Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Connecting Collections - Lovely Jubilee!

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This year the Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, and here at the Baths we also celebrated – not just with a long weekend, but also with a...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Art Inspiration

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I think my past blogs have served as clear evidence that art is a great part of who I am. Over the past couple of years my time associated w...
Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Connecting Collections – Spa Treatment Centre Equipment

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St. John’s Store is home to a wide variety of objects including furniture, retired models and spa equipment. This three part series will loo...
Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Connecting Collections – Furniture

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St. John’s Store is home to a wide variety of objects including furniture, retired models and spa equipment. This three part series will loo...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Connecting Collections – St John’s Store

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St John's Museum Store St. John’s Store is home to a wide variety of objects including furniture, retired models and spa equipment. ...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Coins from the Sacred Spring

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New display - Roman Baths, King's Bath Corridor The redisplay of a timeline showing Roman coins found in the Sacred Spring has promp...
Wednesday, 9 May 2012

It's all About..... Weapons and Tools

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During Science Week at the Roman Baths, visitors were invited to look at and handle some of the artefacts from the museum collection. Our ...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012

It's all About..... X-Rays

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National Science and Engineering week gave us an opportunity to look at some of the more unusual topics in archaeology, and one that has a...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

It's all about.... Metal

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A few weeks ago the Roman Baths had their exciting Science and Engineering week! Every day for a week there was a mix of science experimen...
Thursday, 19 April 2012

It's all about.... Glass

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I really loved putting together a handling table about glass for National Science and Engineering Week, because I discovered so much abou...
Wednesday, 11 April 2012

It's all about...... Roman aqueducts

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To many people the words “Roman aqueduct” conjure up an image of huge arched monuments striding across a landscape and is one often used...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012

It's all about... Lime

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This week is National Science and Engineering Week at the Roman Baths and I have been charged with donning my other hat and talking to yo...
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012

A Gorgon's Head?

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Gorgon's Head? I have puzzled over an alternative interpretation as to who/what the image in the centre of the Temple Pediment reall...
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Investigating Science and Engineering at the Roman Baths

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The 9th-18th March 2012, is National Science and Engineering Week! Come to the Roman Baths and get involved. There will be hands-on arch...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Focus on Freshford

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St Peter's Church - Freshford As part of our travels around the county, the collections team has recently been to Freshford to work ...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Connecting Collections - Magic Lantern Slides Part II

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Old photographs can often be dated by advertising or incidental details, a good example of this being the photograph of A.Goodman’s Confecti...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012

The Theme of Love

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Mosaic depicting Cupid astride a Dolphin - Fishbourne Just now, I was preparing to start with heavy fighting and violent war, with a me...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Connecting Collections - Magic Lantern Slides Part I

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Magic lanterns were an early form of slide projector, used in conjunction with glass slides to project an image. The glass slides were made ...
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We are the volunteers, interns and employees of the Roman Baths. We started this blog to provide you with a behind the scenes glimpse of what goes on here at the Roman Baths. We will be writing about what is interesting and important to us from collections to activities and events.
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