Beyond the Baths

Our Keynsham volunteers have been hard at work documenting the material from Keynsham Abbey, that I reported on in 'Cataloguing Keynsha...

Described initially as a “terracotta bear figure” on the finds list for the Beau street dig, the little pipeclay dog overcame his identity ...

Samian ware was highly prized Roman ceramic tableware, distinct for its orange/red colour and skilled craftsmanship. Imported a...

Unlike the rest of Bath we in the Collections team breathe a sigh of relief when Christmas approaches: it means quieter days when the pho...

About half way between Bath and Bristol is the town of Keynsham. Up until Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries on the 23 rd of ...

Cataloguing museum collections is no mean feat. Back in 2011 The Roman Baths Collections team, helped by some hardy volunteers spent a numb...

As part of our Heritage Open Week event at our St John’s local history store this year we had a trail looking at our pest management proc...

Every October Half Term, Museums, Galleries and Heritage organisations in Bath and North East Somerset Council take part in Heritage Open W...

Beauty in Bath: Ravishing Romans and Gorgeous Georgians When I had the idea to explore some of the beauty regimes that the citizens of...

Late November of last year I sent an email to the Roman Baths collections team, inquiring about student placements. Eight months later here...

  Having just finished my dissertation on the topic of object handling in museums, I was thrilled when the Collections team asked me t...

Everyone loves to know what the Romans ate, but do people really know where the Romans’ food came from?  For my Tuesday Times Table, I deci...

Last year the Beau Street Hoard came to Radstock museum in the form of a Roadshow.  This event proved to be so successful that last month R...

The Roman Empire has always been famous for the monuments of Rome and a prosperous Empire, spanning most of modern Europe and the Mediter...

Ancient Greek coinage had been in use for around six centuries before Greece became part of the Roman Empire. Hand made in the same way R...

Beau the Hippo has become the emblem of the Beau Street Hoard, and we’ve learnt how a Hippo ended up on a Roman coin from an early blog p...

One of the questions the Collections staff and volunteers are frequently asked during a Beau Street Hoard event is ‘how are coins made’? So...