What's on at North East Museums

August
2025

Step into history at this hands-on event, where you can try on armour, helmets and equipment.

Living History Day - Roman Life

Segedunum Roman Fort

4 Aug

Step into history at this hands-on event, where you can try on armour, helmets and equipment.
Drawing of a flag showing a lion

Fly your flag high

Segedunum Roman Fort

4 Aug

Take inspiration from the Roman standards
Man helping a young person to learn archery

Gladiator Encampment

Segedunum Roman Fort

9 Aug - 10 Aug

Visit the encampment to find out about all things gladiator.
Roman style bracelet made of string and beads

Make your own Jewellery

Segedunum Roman Fort

11 Aug

Make a piece of Roman style jewellery to take home
Roman trail character with viewing tower in the background

Miniature Roman characters

Segedunum Roman Fort

11 Aug

Create Roman figures from art straws
Roman style crown and staff made from card

Become a Roman God or Goddess for the day

Segedunum Roman Fort

18 Aug

Create your own crown and staff
Man standing next to two amphorae beside a collection of different types of clay pots

Graham the Potter: Collecting the past

Segedunum Roman Fort

18 Aug

Roman pottery demo, talk and handling session
Several advancing soldiers carrying red and blue circular shields and weapons

Hadrian Festival

Segedunum Roman Fort

23 Aug - 24 Aug

Demonstrations, horses, crafts - and the Emperor himself!
Two children in a Roman museum gallery wearing replica card cavalry masks

Make a Roman Cavalry Mask

Segedunum Roman Fort

25 Aug

Make a Roman cavalry mask to take home

Always on show

Modern reconstruction of Hadrian's Wall with Segedunum Roman Fort viewing tower in background

Hadrian's Wall Segedunum

Segedunum Roman Fort

Permanent

View an 80-metre section of original remains of Hadrian's Wall
Looking down on the Segdunum site

Excavated remains

Segedunum Roman Fort

Permanent

Take an audio tour of our outdoor Roman site - one of the most excavated forts in the Roman Empire.