Beyond the Baths

Recently, visited Batheaston to display a range of incredible objects from the local area. Of course, I chose my favourite subject – coins!...

When you visit the Roman Baths and walk through the Pump Room, you will come to a small room on the other side called the Sun Lounge. Here...

"In nature, there is no separation between design, engineering, and fabrication; the bone does it all" Neri Oxman  Why bone? ...

"Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries" Victor Hugo Last week's blog introduced you to Roman...

"Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries" Victor Hugo A couple of months ago I presented a hand...

"Home is where one starts from" T.S. Elliot My name is Qin Li and I am on a work placement with the Learning and Participat...

‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ John Keats Health and beauty were considered important for Romans. They wanted to make themselves...

“Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money” Voltaire As part of my numismatic placement a...

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience” James Beard In last week's blog I described cooking in the Roman period, but ...

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience”  James Beard Food is part of our everyday life, sometimes we even plan our d...

“The Roman remains were what they sought: medieval Bath was invisible”     Peter Davenport Medieval Bath Uncovered As a p...

As part of the Festival of Archaeology the Roman Baths Collections team were in Sydney Gardens exploring the theme of Roman death and buri...