Object handling

Step into the past and experience history like never before! 🏺✨

Join archaeologist Ellie at the museum for an unforgettable, hands-on event where history comes alive in your own hands 🤲

🔍 Handle real artefacts from our incredible collection
💎 Feel ancient Anglo-Saxon glass up close — part of the largest Saxon glass collection in all of Europe!
🏛️ Explore objects from Roman Britain, the medieval world, and beyond, right through to modern times

Curious minds welcome! 💡
Chat with our team about the who, what, when, where, and how of the artefacts and the archaeology we carry out on site.

🍞 Discover how people lived
🥣 Learn what they ate
🛠️ See what they created from the world around them

This is your chance to truly have history in your hands! 🙌

🧤 Gloves will be provided
👨‍👩‍👧 Children under 7 must be assisted by a parent or guardian — these objects are ancient and very fragile!

🕚 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to touch the past! ✨