Corinium Museum - Cirencester Photos

Corinium Museum, located in the town of Cirencester, specializes in artifacts from the history of Cirencester and nearby archaeological sites. The well captioned and artfully displayed historical objects come mainly from the Neolithic, Roman & Anglo-Saxon eras along with items related to the medieval period, the mid-17thC English Civil War and the Victorian age. The museum houses one of the largest Romano-British collections in the country.

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See Also:	The Cotswolds, England Cirencester - The Cotswolds Chedworth Roman Villa - The Cotswolds Roman Empire Art & History


Corinium Museum, named after the Roman name for Cirencester. Cirencester, England.	Corinium Museum containing artifacts from what is now Cirencester from Neolithic to Victorian times. Cirencester, England.	Corinium Museum contains & explains artifacts from Cirencester & area from Neolithic to Victorian times with particular focus on Roman era. Cirencester, England.	Woolly mammoth tusk found at Cotswold Water Park south of Cirencester. Cirencester, England.

Flint blades of various types used for different purposes at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Deer antler picks grave goods used in Neolithic times to quarry stone & dig pits & ditches found at Hazleton North Long Barrow in Gloucestershire at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Bronze Age metalwork, made from mixture of copper & tin, consisting of spearheads & arrowhead at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Bronze Age Hoard, consisting of precious objects, often gold or silver, buried to protect them during dangerous times at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Torc (twisted metal bands) fragments & twisted rods at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Display of items excavated from South Chamber of Hazleton North Long Barrow at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Stones used to form chambers & passageways of Hazleton North Long Barrow at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman military pendants & fittings at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Roman era street plan of Corinium overlaid with some modern landmarks at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Time chart of important events of Roman era in Britain (80 - 446CE) side by side with events specific to Corinium at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Samian ware pottery, imported from Gaul for use by Roman army stationed at fort in what is now Cirencester, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Samian ware pottery bowl at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Samian ware pottery bowls at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman era ceramics at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman era pottery vessel with pouring spout at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Samian ware sherd decorated with scenes of man spearing lion at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Miniature Roman era oil lamps, some found in Cirencester area, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman era pottery oil lamp with lid decorated with dolphin which was considered a sacred animal at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman era hunt cup with deer hunting scene at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman era flagon necks (vessel used for pouring drinks) decorated with women's faces & their elaborate hairstyles at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Part of larger Roman mosaic pavement found at Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Mosaic set into floor in changing room of bathhouse in Roman townhouse in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Mosaic (4thC CE) from Roman townhouse found in Cirencester with hare motif as centerpiece at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Detail of hare motif centerpiece from Roman townhouse Mosaic (4thC CE) in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Hunting Dogs Pavement mosaic named after hounds depicted in central roundel found in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Detail of Hunting Dogs Pavement mosaic at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Detail (2ndC) from original Hunting Dogs Pavement mosaic, which had a marine theme, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Seasons Mosaic (mid 2ndC) depicting four seasons & scenes from Roman mythology, found in Cirencester, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Scene from Seasons Mosaic, depicting Silenus, guardian of Bacchus, riding a donkey, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Scene from Seasons Mosaic representing summer & depicting Ceres, goddess of agriculture, carrying a sickle at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Scene from Seasons Mosaic representing Spring & depicting Flora, goddess of flowers, wearing a garland at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman mosaic detail at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Orpheus Mosaic (4thC) showing Orpheus charming animals with his music, found just outside ancient Corinium at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Orpheus Mosaic at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Orpheus Mosaic at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Section of wall plaster from 1stC shop in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Altar dedicated to Genius Loci, the "Spirit of the Place", found in Cirencester, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Altar dedicated to Genius Loci who wears a crown, holds a cornucopia in his left hand, and holds a patera or sacrificial bowl in his right hand. Cirencester, England.	Tombstones from Roman era at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Copper-alloy enameled cockerel figurine grave good at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Part of a decorated lead coffin of Roman era found in Cirencester area at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Stone relief of three mother goddesses (2nd or 3rdC CE) made of limestone & found in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman steelyard weight in form of portrait of a woman, likely Fausta, wife of Constantine the Great, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Engraved copper-alloy disc (2ndC CE) cut from military diploma & silver & copper-alloy coins from Republic & Claudian periods at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Copper-alloy Roman coins at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Details of two Roman coins on display at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Display of Roman coins used in 1st & 2'nd C at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Display of Roman coins at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Roman weights & measures at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Three rare pewter vessels from Northleach, not far from Cirencester, at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Knife handle, Roman era, in form of lion eating its prey at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Furniture mounts, Roman era, in the form of lions' heads at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Copper-alloy figurine of Lar or Roman household god at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Enameled horse & rider brooch (2nd & 3rdC CE) found in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Roman brooch in form of bird (2nd & 3rdC CE) at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Anglo-Saxon gilded saucer brooches (1st half of 6thC CE) found in grave of child in Lechlade not far from Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Iron shield boss with silvered rivet-heads (6thC CE) at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	"Mrs Getty's" grave (6thC CE) a reconstruction, including her face, of one of the richest Anglo-Saxon graves ever found in Britain excavated in Butler's Field Lechlade at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Pair of gilded saucer brooches & "Great square-headed" brooch (6thC CE) found in "Mrs Getty's" grave, Butler's Field Lechlade at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Objects (6thC CE) found in "Mrs Getty's" grave, Butler's Field Lechlade at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Bead necklaces & beaver tooth pendant (6thC CE) found in "Mrs Getty's" grave, Butler's Field Lechlade at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Jewelry made of or set in gold found in Anglo-Saxon graves at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Collection of brooches found in Anglo-Saxon graves at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Largest pair of saucer brooches (c600 CE) found at Butler's Field Lechdale at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Decorated floor tiles from ruins of St Mary's Abbey (1130-1539) located in Cirencester at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Heraldic floor tile depicting a lion rampant (13thC) from St Mary's Abbey at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Corbel, jutting out from wall to support something above it, depicting the Pope (15thC) from St Mary's Abbey at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Shears (13th-14thC) used in wool trade which was basis of Cotswold's economy at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.

Collection of medieval metal objects at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Late Elizabethan field helmet converted to an ornament on the tomb of a prominent local Royalist at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Weston-sub-Edge-Hoard, a Civil War hoard (mid 17thC) of 307 silver & 2 gold coins contained in a specially made pipe beneath floorboards & found in the place for which it is named at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.	Alfred Powell Bowl (c1920's) made of glazed earthenware & depicting 4 scenes of Cirencester made by Alfred Powell, an Arts & Crafts designer at Corinium Museum. Cirencester, England.