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• The Magic of Middle-earth

  01/04/2023 to 24/09/2023

  The Magic of Middle-earth presents a magical treasure trove of objects and artworks celebrating the epic fantasy novels 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.
  This exciting exhibition is dedicated to the incredible fantasy worlds brought to life by J.R.R. Tolkien and the generations of creators his writing has influenced.
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• The Wild Escape: Novium to Nature

  04/04/2023 to 04/04/2023

  Developed and led by professional artist Rachel Johnston, the workshops will take inspiration from objects within the museum’s collection as a starting point for a discussion of the importance of animals in the natural world. Participants will explore the adventures these creatures could have in our local habitat. The young artists will then work with textiles to make prints of their chosen animals and tell the story of what it would be like if they could make their ‘Wild Escape’ into the local habitat
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• The Wild Escape: Novium to Nature

  05/04/2023 to 05/04/2023

  Developed and led by professional artist Rachel Johnston, the workshops will take inspiration from objects within the museum’s collection as a starting point for a discussion of the importance of animals in the natural world. Participants will explore the adventures these creatures could have in our local habitat. The young artists will then work with textiles to make prints of their chosen animals and tell the story of what it would be like if they could make their ‘Wild Escape’ into the local habitat. 

  Workshops are strictly for children aged 7-11 years old only, and limited to one session per participant. 
  

  
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• The Wild Escape: Novium to Nature

  11/04/2023 to 11/04/2023

  Developed and led by professional artist Rachel Johnston, the workshops will take inspiration from objects within the museum’s collection as a starting point for a discussion of the importance of animals in the natural world. Participants will explore the adventures these creatures could have in our local habitat. The young artists will then work with textiles to make prints of their chosen animals and tell the story of what it would be like if they could make their ‘Wild Escape’ into the local habitat.
  Workshops are strictly for children aged 7-11 years old only, and limited to one session per participant. 
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• The Wild Escape: Novium to Nature

  12/04/2023 to 12/04/2023

  Developed and led by professional artist Rachel Johnston, the workshops will take inspiration from objects within the museum’s collection as a starting point for a discussion of the importance of animals in the natural world. Participants will explore the adventures these creatures could have in our local habitat. The young artists will then work with textiles to make prints of their chosen animals and tell the story of what it would be like if they could make their ‘Wild Escape’ into the local habitat.
  Workshops are strictly for children aged 7-11 years old only, and limited to one session per participant. 
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• The Magic of Middle-earth - relaxed SEN session

  29/04/2023 to 29/04/2023

  Our relaxed sessions are aimed at people with autism and other needs, as well as their families and carers to be able to enjoy The Magic of Middle-earth in a relaxed atmosphere with limited numbers. All background sound, including Smaug the animatronic dragon, will be turned off for the duration of this session.
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• Craft - Mosaic Coasters

  31/05/2023 to 31/05/2023

  Create your own mosaic coaster to take home with you. Use your own design or take inspiration from the beautiful mosaics in the museum. This event is part of Chichester Roman Week
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• Discover Roman Chichester: The Novium Museum to Fishbourne Roman Palace walk

  31/05/2023 to 31/05/2023

  Chichester was established by the Romans more than 2000 years ago as 'Noviomagus Reginorum'. Join us for a walk around some of the key Roman sites in and around the city and find out more about what life was like in Roman Chichester. Discover more about the public Bath house, the walls and temples, ending the walk at Fishbourne Roman Palace, the largest Roman home this side of the Alps. Marvel at the world-famous mosaic collection and relax in the Palace's recreated Roman gardens.
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• The Magic of Middle-earth - relaxed SEN session

  31/05/2023 to 31/05/2023

  Our relaxed sessions are aimed at people with autism and other needs, as well as their families and carers to be able to enjoy The Magic of Middle-earth in a relaxed atmosphere with limited numbers. All background sound, including Smaug the animatronic dragon, will be turned off for the duration of this session.
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• Vespasian and the II Augusta Legion: Adventures in Sussex and beyond

  01/06/2023 to 01/06/2023

  A talk by Dr Miles Russell, Senior Lecturer in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology at Bournemouth University.

  This talk considers the role of the II Augusta legion, looking at ancient written sources and archaeological evidence obtained in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, putting its activities in the context of Later Iron Age tribes and people, up until the time of the Boudiccan Revolt in AD 60/61. 
  

  
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• Craft - Cardboard Armour

  01/06/2023 to 01/06/2023

  Make your own cardboard shield and sword. This event is part of Chichester Roman Week
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• Ovid with Reverb

  02/06/2023 to 02/06/2023

  Poetry and sound project Ovid with Reverb perform, recite, update, distort, interpret and generally play with poems by the great Roman poet Ovid in translation by the great English poets John Dryden and Christopher Marlowe. Ovid with Reverb features Lorrain Baggaley on vocals and Steve Rushton on Bo Diddley beat percussion and vocals. Poems adapted and written by Steve Rushton.
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• Clay workshop with Kate Viner

  03/06/2023 to 03/06/2023

  Join us for a day creating your own artwork using clay techniques which are as old as Roman time itself. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn portraiture and figurative relief sculptural processes, while referencing the figurative treasures held in our collection.
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• The Magic of Middle-earth - relaxed SEN session

  24/06/2023 to 24/06/2023

  Our relaxed sessions are aimed at people with autism and other needs, as well as their families and carers to be able to enjoy The Magic of Middle-earth in a relaxed atmosphere with limited numbers. All background sound, including Smaug the animatronic dragon, will be turned off for the duration of this session.
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• Mystery Warrior: The North Bersted Man

  'In more than thirty years of archaeology this is the most spectacular discovery that I have witnessed' - James Kenny, District Archaeologist.

  
  

  The 'Mystery Warrior' was discovered in 2008 by Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd. This was found during archaeological investigations, prior to the construction of Berkley Homes' Bersted Park.
  
  Arguably the most elaborately equipped warrior grave ever found in England, archaeologists believe he was a refugee French Gallic fighter who fled Julius Caesar's Roman Army as they swept across continental Europe around 50BC.
  

  
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• King Charles I Bust

  This important historical sculpture depicts King Charles I wearing a gold crown and chain of office.
  

  
  

  The unique bust, which was created by Hubert Le Sueur — an appointed sculptor to King Louis XIII of France who spent most of his career at the English court of King Charles I — was presented to the City of Chichester, West Sussex, where it was displayed in the niche of Chichester's Market Cross from the 1660s.
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• The Racton Man

  'Racton Burial', a permanent exhibition located in the first floor gallery, delves into the history of a fascinating burial discovered in 1989, but only recently thoroughly investigated by a team of specialists. Find out about this individual's captivating story of life and death.
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• 200 years of Chichester's Canal

  This exhibition traces the fascinating history of the Chichester Canal, from its development and construction to the thriving leisure waterway we know and love today.
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