York Museums Trust

Events - 26 Oct 14

A Legionary’s Life – Sun 26 Oct 2014

Date: Sunday 26 October 2014, 12:00 am
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Find out what sort of kit a Legionary would have needed and have a go at making your own cut out Roman soldier. Then meet the Centurion as he tests your fitness for the Roman Army and puts you through your paces in a drill session.

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Trench Cake – Sun 26 Oct 2014

Date: Sunday 26 October 2014, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Learn how to bake ‘Trench Cake’ in the museum kitchen this half term. There will be demonstrations and even a chance to taste this dense fruit cake which was baked by families during the war as a morale-boosting treat to send to soldiers at the front.

Included in museum admission.

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Living Like a Legionary – Sun 26 Oct 2014

Date: Sunday 26 October 2014, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Discover more about life as a Legionary and handle real objects from the museum’s collections, which would have been used by Roman soldiers living in Eboracum (Roman York).

Running times: 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm

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