Beyond the Baths

To celebrate British Science Week 2019 (8 th – 17 th March) at the Roman Baths, several displays were set up around the museum on the Sa...

The Sun Lounge has recently become home to some new displays! They are part of a series of changing displays that will explore the weird and...

Nowadays, visitors to the Baths enjoy their chance to walk upon the stone trodden by Roman feet two thousand years ago; but did you know th...

At the top of the main staircase in Keynsham Library, you will find a new display of objects from the Roman Baths collection. Each object ...

Roman propaganda is everywhere! From literature to architecture, statues to religious ceremonies, the Romans made sure to impart what they s...

Tuesday Times Tables: Glorious Roman Glass Have you ever wondered how glass was made in the Roman period, or what the components of Roma...

Tuesday Times Tables: Fascinating Flint Flint is an exceptionally hard material, and if worked correctly, it can be sharper than a m...

Lords, Land and the Law Recently, a fascinating legal document from 1790 entered our collection (fig. 1). Found with a collection of 19th ...

Entitled Tiles During the late 1970s, a joint team of students and staff from Bath College of Higher Education and the University of Leeds...

Civilisations: A Humorous History Today, we put a lot of trust in doctors who prescribe our medication, but how different was medical k...

Civilisations: Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Continuing with our theme of Civilisations, I put together a handling table of Ancient Egyptian...

Gallop through History The ability to complete hard jobs with minimal effort is an apt way to describe most technological innovations ...

Civilisations: Writing around the World Writing is a significant part of everyday life. It is a form of communication we often don’t thin...

Civilisations: A Display of Belief 'Civilisations’ is a new series on BBC 2 spanning 31 countries and looking at humanity’s des...