Senhouse Roman Museum

Senhouse Roman Museum
The Battery
Sea Brows
Maryport
Cumbria
CA15 6JD
England

Website

www.senhousemuseum.co.uk

E-mail

romans@senhouse.freeserve.co.uk

Telephone

01900 816168

Fax

01900 816168

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Dramatically sited on cliffs overlooking Maryport harbour and the Scottish coast, this unique and award-winning Museum is next to the site of the Roman fort built at the centre of Hadrian's coastal defences on the Solway. It is housed in a Royal Naval Reserve Battery building, and a new display covers the history of the building and of the military units associated with it.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

April-October & bank holidays
1000-1700
November- March
1030-1600

Closed: April-June
Mon Wed
November-March
Mon Tues Wed Thurs
Christmas & New Year

 Admission charges

Adults: £2.50
Children: £0.75
Friends: FREE

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Senhouse Roman Museum
The Battery
Sea Brows
Maryport
Cumbria
CA15 6JD
England

Website

www.senhousemuseum.co.uk

E-mail

romans@senhouse.freeserve.co.uk

Telephone

01900 816168

Fax

01900 816168

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Sculpture and inscriptions from the Roman fort at Maryport, which lies next to the Museum. The collection is the finest from a single site in Britain. It was begun in the reign of Elizabeth I in the 1570s and includes a series of Roman military altars dedicated by commanders of Cohors I Hispanica during the reign of Hadrian and many fine religious sculptures including the mysterious Serpent Stone.

Collection details

Archaeology, Religion, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • Roman altars
  • Roman sculpture
  • Roman inscription
  • Roman gods
  • Roman coins
  • Roman pottery
  • Roman burials
  • Royal Naval Reserve

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Senhouse Roman Museum
The Battery
Sea Brows
Maryport
Cumbria
CA15 6JD
England

Website

www.senhousemuseum.co.uk

E-mail

romans@senhouse.freeserve.co.uk

Telephone

01900 816168

Fax

01900 816168

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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