Date: Friday 3 June 2016, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Enjoy the chance to learn more about civilian and military life in Eboracum whilst handling Roman artefacts from the Yorkshire Museum’s collection in our volunteer-led ‘Hands on Here!’ sessions.

Free with admission, no need to book.

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Date: Friday 3 June 2016, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Bring along your archaeological finds for identification and if they are more than 300 years old, have them recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

Free (museum admission applies), no need to book.

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Date: Friday 3 June 2016, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Be put through your paces as you take part in our recruitment process to see if you measure up to be enlisted into the Roman Army. Learn about Lucius, Standard Bearer for the IX Legion and make your own Eagle of the IX standard before taking part in sword and shield drill.

Every day from Saturday 28th May 2016 to Sunday 5th June 2016, 11am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm.

Events take place in the Museum Gardens. Free, no need to book.

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Date: Friday 3 June 2016, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

As the re-enactors turn the Museum Gardens into a Roman Camp for the weekend, why not relax and enjoy a family friendly film inside the museum’s purpose built auditorium? Our film will be ‘Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar’ (1999).

£2.50 per person (museum admission is not included).

No need to book – please purchase your tickets at the Admissions Desk on arrival.

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Date: Friday 3 June 2016, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Venue: Explore York

The fort of Binchester, County Durham, was a major military site on the road between York and Hadrian’s Wall. In recent years a major campaign of archaeological excavation has uncovered some of the best-preserved Roman remains in Britain, including a bath-house, barracks, shops and latrines! Dr Petts explores what the remains can tell us about the day to day lives of soldiers and civilians in the Roman frontier zone, and looks at plans for more work on the site. With Dr David Petts (Project Leader, University of Durham).

This event is part of the Eboracum Roman Festival.

The talk will take place in the Marriot Room at the York Explore Library and Archive.

£6 / £5 Yorkcard holders.

Tickets available online from www.visityork.org, in person from the York Visitor Information Centre, Museum Street, York YO1 7DT, or by phone: 01904 550099 (NB: For tickets sent by post there will be an additional postage charge).

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Date: Friday 3 June 2016, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Meet best-selling author Caroline Lawrence in our historic library and hear about her inspirations and challenges when writing about Roman life. This event is part of the Eboracum Roman Festival 1 – 5 June 2016.

Tickets are FREE (museum admission applies).

Please click here to book your place on Eventbrite.

Please note that the historic library is not accessible to wheelchair users – please visit our website for further information.

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Date: Friday 3 June 2016, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue: Exhibition Square

This walk will look for evidence for how and where the Romans buried their dead in, or rather outside, Eboracum, looking at Roman burial practices and what this tells us about the way the Romans thought about death and the afterlife. The walk will include a number of the most interesting and important Roman cemeteries and reflect on the locations, the evidence recovered from each place and what it tells us about the topography of Roman York (Eboracum). With John Oxley (City Archaeologist, City of York Council).

This event is part of the Eboracum Roman Festival.

The walk will start in Exhibition Square and end at Blossom Street.

£6 / £5 concessions.

Tickets available online from www.visityork.org, in person from the York Visitor Information Centre, Museum Street, York YO1 7DT, or by phone: 01904 550099 (NB: For tickets sent by post there will be an additional postage charge).

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