Date: Sunday 2 November 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.
Date: Sunday 2 November 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.
Date: Sunday 2 November 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
Date: Sunday 2 November 2014, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Create your own medal using metallic paper and art materials, or have a go at drawing your medal onto our special ‘shrinkle’ plastic sheet; take it home to shrink in your oven and produce your very own wartime medal. Guidance and instructions given!
Included in museum admission
Date: Sunday 2 November 2014, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Get up close and personal to some First World War medals from our military history collection and learn the story of Pip, Squeak and Wilf, the medals awarded to those who served in the First World War.
Included in museum admission
Date: Sunday 2 November 2014, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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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