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Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru National Roman Legion Museum

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two children run along a gravel path, flanked by low hedges. in the background, there's a man dressed in Roman armour carrying a red shield.
Step back in time at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon and explore life in a far-flung outpost of the mighty Roman Empire.
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Location:
High Street, Caerleon, Caerleon, Newport, Newport, Newport, NP6 1AE
Telephone:
0300 111 2 333
Email:
roman@museumwales.ac.uk
Website:
https://museum.wales/roman/

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Facilities

  • Accessibility Facilities
  • Cater For Groups
  • Children Welcome
  • Hearing Accessibility Facilities
  • Mobility Accessibility Facilities
  • Visual Accessibility Facilities

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Two young boys wearing Roman helmets and armour. They are holding up a red Roman shield and smiling.
Trying on armour in the Barrack Room
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A young girl and boy are standing opposite a man dressed as a Roman gladiator. they are holding a Roman helmet and the gladiator is talking to the chi
Meeting a gladiator
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A man in gladiator costume stands to the left of the picture. He is meeting a family at the front entrance of the museum. It is a grand entrance with
A Gladiator greeting
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a young girl and boy, with mum and dad are in the museum gallery. the children are crouched down looking at a large Roman mosaic on display at floor l
Mosaics on display at National Roman Legion Museum
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A gladiator stands in the middle of the room. He is flanked by two children trying on Roman armour and helmets. The gladiator explains what it was lik
trying on armour in the Barrack Room
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A lady stands over a glass display case. in the case are a selection of metal and other objects found in the archaeological dig at Caerleon
Roman finds on display in the gallery
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About Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru National Roman Legion Museum

It’s AD100, the Romans are occupying Caerleon (Isca), one of the furthest outposts of the Roman Empire, and they won’t be leaving for another two hundred years.

A Roman adventure awaits…
- explore the Barrack Room
- take a look at the oldest recorded piece of writing in Wales,
- see one of the largest gemstone collections found anywhere in the Roman Empire,
- get up close to a Bathstone Coffin with the remains of a 2nd/early 3rd century man

Did you know the Romans loved landscaping and introduced ornamental gardens to Britain? Come and enjoy our beautiful Roman Garden.


Also in Caerleon, you'll find the Roman Baths Museum and the open-air ruins of the amphitheatre and barracks.

National Roman Legion Museum is part of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, a family of seven national museums.

human remains inside a stone coffin. you can see the skull, some vertebrae and shoulder bones laid out.
Inside the stone coffin

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