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Every object tells a story
Welcome to Corinium Museum
Our award-winning museum, taking you on a journey of discovery.
Every object tells a story
200,000 years of history
Discover the archaeology of the Cotswolds
The Corinium Museum is located at the heart of Cirencester, the ‘Capital of the Cotswolds’. Our principal collection consists of the highly significant finds from the Roman town of Corinium, today known as Cirencester. However, the museum today is much more than that, taking you on a journey through time and charting the development of the Cotswolds from its prehistoric landscape to the modern day.
Explore the light and modern galleries that offer you an exceptional interactive experience. Discover thousands of objects on display, from Prehistoric tools, Roman mosaics, Anglo Saxon grave goods to Medieval sculpture! Every object has a story to tell.
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Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday 2pm-5pm
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Mammoth Rider Family Trail
Cloned mammoths can help to tackle climate change, but only if the poachers do not get to them first. Use the code to decipher the passwords found in the museum galleries to allow Ash and friends to move through the Arctic Research Centre. Or for under-fives, spot the snowflakes around the museum.
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Whether it’s a treat for yourself or a gift for someone special, Membership is a great way to discover our amazing collections and to enhance your Museum experience.
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Upcoming events at the Corinium
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Sat 25 April , 2:00 pm
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4:15 pm
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at the mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…a
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Fri 24 April , 11:00 am
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12:15 pm
Cirencester in the Civil War Walk
A walk around the town bringing to life the ‘storming of Cirencester’ in 1643. See where events unfolded and consider the significance of Cirencester in the English Civil War. The walk will explore the town centre, the Abbey Grounds and Cirencester Park.
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Sun 26 April
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Sun 24 May
Tony Meeuwissen: Retrospective 2026
Corinium Museum is delighted to welcome back the artist Tony Meeuwissen. You will know his work without knowing the artist, as he has illustrated for magazines and books. This is illustration at its most skilful and enchanting. Be ready to be pulled into his magical worlds through this retrospective exhibition.
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Wed 29 April , 11:00 am
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12:00 pm
Tour of the Stores
Join our collections team for a tour of the stores. There are all sorts of objects behind those doors: from prehistoric to the 1950s, through stone, costume, pottery, rural life and social history.
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Tue 5 May , 6:00 pm
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11:00 pm
The Metropolitan Opera: EUGENE ONEGIN
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.
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Experience our stunning collections
Corinium Museum’s principal collection consists of the highly significant finds from the Roman town of Corinium. With the exception of London it boasts the largest concentration of mosaics from this country- over 90 are known from the town and surrounding area. Corinium Dobunnorum began life as a fort and went on to become the capital of Britannia Prima. As a result this Museum houses one of the finest collections of Roman antiquities in the country.
The Museum’s collections span from prehistory to present day and consist not only of a large archaeology collection, but also agriculture, costume, paper ephemera and social history.
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Educational, engaging and inspiring - bring your school to Corinium Museum
The Museum is multi award winning with vibrant and extensive displays. The education service has achieved external accreditation from the Sandford Award for Heritage Education and Learning Outside the Classroom. It has been shortlisted and won awards for work with children and young people. Within each gallery there are opportunities for “hands on” exploration and discovery through our computer interactives. All sessions are linked to the national curriculum.
Activities are fun and informative and led by a team of professional staff.
Schools at Corinium
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