24 July - 26 October 2008

Family visit

Some great offers and events for your family visit to Hadrian: Empire and Conflict

A family ticket to the exhibition is available (£25 for 2 adults and up to 3 children).
Buy tickets for Hadrian 
Pick up a free family trail – activities to help families make the most of the exhibition. Available at the Hadrian Ticket Desk.

Visit the Hadrian Hands On desk and handle authentic objects from the time of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Throughout the exhibition daily, 11.00–16.00 in Room 1.
Free, just drop in

Eat at the Gallery Café (next to Room 12) where you can enjoy a Mediterranean family menu including pizza, paella, moussaka and more.

Free family events

Hadrian and his world: family activities

Wednesdays 30 July, 6, 13, 20 and 27 August, 11.00–16.00
Saturdays 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 August, 11.00–16.00

Help build a replica of Hadrian's villa and make your own Vindolanda tablet. Meet Roman characters and ask them about their life in the Roman Empire.

Roman world day

Saturday 13 September, 12.00–17.00

Explore the Roman Empire with storytelling, workshops, demonstrations, films and talks.

The Big Draw 2008
Images of power: portraiture

Saturday 11 October, 11.00–16.00

Be inspired by Roman sculpture and learn how to draw portraits from the Classical period.

Children's books

V-mail

Contains letters about what life was like for the Romans who lived and fought on the northern frontier of the empire. £7.99

Pocket Dictionary: Roman Emperors

Introduces the most important rulers of this extraordinary civilization, the largest empire in the ancient world. £6.99

Storytelling