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).
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