Corinium Museum

What an absolutely fantastic day we have had!

We visited the Corinium Museum in Cirencester to tag along with our current local and Roman studies.

Having never been to Cirencester before, I was pleasantly surprised at how mice the actual town seemed to be, so a visit there is much needed (especially in the Noa Noa shop, and Cotswold Curtains...lol).

Ethan really loved the hands on approach the museum offers (it being one of the leading family friendly museums in the country) and he really got into the spirit of the visit - as some of the photos will show.

It is wonderful to see that my own love of museums has passed down to my children. My mother will bear testament to how many hours I would spend wandering the halls of our local museum as a child. I can remember asking to go there every time we went into town. And I remember being fascinated by the Egyptian mummy they had in a glass case.

I also remember not being able to leave, unless I had a new dinosaur model to take home with me.

Thankfully, Ethan was happy with just a couple of postcards for his scrapbook, and a trebuchet pencil sharpener as souvenirs. He even remembered to get Daniel a little something too.

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despite looking a bit miserable, this is in fact, Ethan's moody 'in character' face.

Ethan loved how they did a reconstruction of this Saxon mans face.

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Never one to turn down a dressing up opportunity. >>>>

And yes, I was forced to join in too. (Also note my 'in character' face).

A messed up puzzle just begs to be completed. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

And Ethan has planned to recreate this game when he gets home, because we ran out of time whilst playing it, and it was too much fun not to have a go at home with it.



Both of us were a bit nervous about smelling things to begin with, but actually they weren't that bad. (Although I couldn't have guessed them correctly if my life had depended on it).

Ethan loved this replica column. The scale design really did it for him.


All in all, a truly terrific day. Thanks Ethan for being such good company.


Loz