The Romans

Standard / non-member rates

For groups of 15 or more children
2-hour experience – £7.75 per child

For groups of fewer than 15 children
2-hour experience – £116.25 per group

Magical Museums member rates

For groups of 15 or more children
2-hour experience – £4.36 per child*

For groups of fewer than 15 children
2-hour experience – £65.40 per group

*If available, your member school's free hours will be used first.

Please note: SEND groups are charged at our Standard per-child rate plus a £10 administration cost.

What to expect from your Experience Day

What can we find out about the Romans from the objects they left behind? Handle real and replica everyday objects and enter a reconstructed Roman villa, bathhouse and the Forum to gain a deeper understanding about the former local Roman settlement of Petuaria. Take on the role of Roman citizens by buying goods and designing and making your own mosaic to take back to school.

The led session includes:

• Introduction to our site and setting the scene about the historical period.
• A chance to get hands-on with real and replica Roman artefacts. Discover the materials they’re made from. And find out why some have survived and others haven't
• Take part in a teacher-led tour of our Roman galleries to learn more about the significance of mosaics, and areas including the kitchen and bathhouse.
• Become Roman citizens in a lively shopping activity in the reconstructed Roman Forum.
• Plenary and evaluation.

Group size

We can accommodate up to two groups from your school per available date – with a maximum of 35 pupils per group. If you’d like to bring more than two groups (70 pupils), please book additional days.

Timings

We deliver sessions from 10am–12pm for the first group, and 12.30–2.30pm for the second group. If you’re bringing two groups to/from the museum at the same time, we strongly recommend you book self-directed time (you can find out more about this below).

Make a full day of your visit

When making your booking through Eventbrite, you’ll be asked if you want to book a space for lunch and self-directed time, too.

Self-directed time is essentially a booking to explore the museum in a large group. You need to book it in so we know we can accommodate your class alongside other visitors. It does not include any activities led by museum staff – so please plan your time accordingly.

Pre-visit info

To make the most of your visit, make sure you download and read the following documents. These include detailed information on what to expect from the day. For example: timings, locations, T&Cs and risk assessment.

Schools Visit Pack (PDF, 350kb)
Roman Experience Day info pack (PDF, 216kb)

A link for these will also be included on your confirmation email and ticket.

We also have the following resources and documents available to help with your visit planning:

Book the Roman Experience Day for your school

We are currently using Eventbrite for bookings while we move over to a new system. Any reference to FREE on the Eventbrite system relates only to not being charged at the point of booking. These sessions are NOT free – all schools will be invoiced following your visit based on the booking details you provide. Prices are listed above.

Bookings for the Autumn Term have now sold out. Bookings are open for all schools to book for the Spring Term. Bookings for the Summer Term will open up to Magical Museums members in late Spring 1 Term and to all other schools in Spring 2. 

Cancellation policy

If you need to cancel or change your booking, you can do this by logging into the Eventbrite account you used to make your booking.

Our cancellation policy states: If you accept this visit but are unable to attend, please cancel your visit via Eventbrite by logging into your account and cancelling your booked ticket. We ask that where possible, you do this within 7 working days of the visit to free up the slot for another school. 

Please note: if you cancel your visit with less than 24 hours’ notice of the booked slot, you will be charged £50.