Eboracum Roman Festival 2025: Living History Camp – 24th and 25th May 2025 in York Museum Gardens | 10am – 5pm, Free – Visit the website for the whole programme
The Romans are returning to York Museum Gardens for an exciting family family-friendly and free event for everyone to enjoy! Find the full programme here.
Discover the day-to-day lives of citizens and centurions through a range of living-history demonstrations including carpentry, pottery and cooking. The popular Kids’ Gladiator School and Roman Parade through York will return this year, alongside an exciting new artillery demonstration which will include the firing of a ballista and onager.
Meet curators from the Yorkshire Museum in the Hands-On Archaeology tent and get up close to objects relating to the amazing Melsonby Hoard – an incredible collection of Iron Age objects the museum is currently crowdfunding to acquire!
After exploring the festival in the gardens, head into the Yorkshire Museum to see the incredible Roman collection, including a real Roman mosaic! Get creative and design your own mosaic in a family-friendly workshop and be captivated with Roman storytelling throughout the day. Please note that entry to the Yorkshire Museum and activities taking place within the museum are included in general admission.
The Living History Camp weekend is part of a wider Eboracum Roman Festival programme, which is taking place from 19 – 31 May 2025. Please visit Eboracum Roman Festival 2025 | Yorkshire Museum to see a full list of events!
