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Cambridge Festival: Becoming Roman

Name: Cambridge Festival: Becoming Roman
Start: 2026-04-01T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-01T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Museum of Classical Archaeology

1 April @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free

Step back in time and meet the Romans! Join us for an afternoon of hands-on family fun as we explore the fascinating world of Roman portraits. Discover how Romans showed their status, style and personality through art and create your own Roman portrait to take home. Follow a special Roman trail through the museum to uncover hidden stories among our sculptures, design and decorate your own Roman armour, and imagine life in ancient Rome.

This is a Cambridge Festival event.

Accessibility

The Cast Gallery is on the first floor.
Step-free access to the Museum is available via our lift. To use the lift, please ask at the reception on the ground floor of the Classics Faculty.
This event involves standing, but we can move chairs around the gallery. Please let us know either when you book tickets or on arrival if you would like us to do so.
Find out more about Museum Access.
Please contact us on 01223 330402 or email museum@classics.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns about accessibility.