Through its Partnership UK programme, the British Museum will send on loan one of the star pieces of the Hadrian: Empire and Conflict  exhibition - a bronze head of the Emperor Hadrian.

The head was found in the River Thames in 1834 and comes from a statue, one and a quarter life size, which may have been erected in a public space in London in AD122 to commemorate Hadrian's visit to Britain.

It is the first time the original head will have been seen outside London. This great work of art will be shown at Tullie House, Carlisle at the western end of Hadrian's Wall, then at Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum in Wallsend, in the heart of Tyneside.

Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum, Wallsend
16 April  – 8 June 2008  

Image credit Bronze head of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (reigned AD 117–138), once part of a complete, larger-than-life-size statue. 2nd century AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge, in 1834. 
© The Trustees of the British Museum.