The front entrance to the Corinium Museum on Park Street, just a block from the market place in the centre of Cirencester. The entrance is modelled after a Roman triumphal arch
A model of a mounted Roman soldier. The museum has a nice mix of artefacts and exhibits modelling Roman life and times in old Corinium
Two of the museum's prize posessions are a pair of Roman funeral monuments
Grave stone of a Roman legionary showing a mounted soldier in battle
The Corinium Museum offers quite a few hands-on opportunities for children and adults. Here a young visitor gets the chance to dress up as a Roman soldier
A small open-air courtyard in the middle of the museum shows what a townhouse garden might have looked like in Corinium. Here, gods and godesses adorn the garden walls
A replica Roman statue stands in the small garden area
There are a number of partial Roman mosaic floors preserved throughout the museum. This one is 2nd century AD, found in Victoria Road, Cirencester during building construction. It shows a stylized flower.
This is the largest Roman column capital known in Britain. It is of the Corinthian order, and highly decorated with plant motifs
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