Roman Coin Story Competition

By jmitchell27 | Monday, February 22, 2010, 12:59

Thornbury People and Thornbury Museum would like to announce that we are organising an exciting story competition for schoolchildren based on the museum’s Thornbury Roman Coin Hoard exhibition.

Part of the Roman Coin Hoard

Children are invited to write a story around the mystery of the Thornbury Roman Coin Hoard. Who might have hoarded them? Why were they buried? And why did no-one go back for them? The hoard consists of a cache of more than 11 thousand small Roman coins found in a garden in Thornbury in 2004. Most of the coins are in Bristol City Museum but about 200 are on display in Thornbury and District Museum accompanied by large information panels and other Roman finds.

The competition gives an opportunity to research the lives of the people living here at the time of the Romans and particularly the coins of the time, to appreciate the importance of local history and archaeology and to think creatively about the questions posed by the discovery, so much later, of so many coins together.

The museum always welcomes children accompanied by parents or other adults. It can also arrange special opening for small groups or stay open after the normal closing time of 4pm if requested in advance ( please email enquiries@thornburymuseum.org.uk if you are interested in doing this).

The competition will be running from today until it's closing date at 5.00 pm on 16th April. The judging and awarding of prizes will take place on 8th May.

For more information about the competition you can email thornbury@the localpeople.co.uk (please enter 'Roman Coin Story' in the subject field).

Follow this link for the Coin Story Terms&Conditions.

Good luck!