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	Dramatically sited on the cliffs overlooking the Solway Firth, this award winning Museum is next to a Roman fort built on the orders of the emperor Hadrian nearly two thousand years ago. The museum displays the largest group of Roman military altar stones and inscriptions from any site in Britain and unique examples of Romano-British religious sculpture.
	The collection, which was begun by the Senhouse family in the 1570s, is the oldest in the country, and is of international importance.
	Most of the objects in the Museum derive from the fort at Maryport and the Roman civil settlement attached to it. In the Museum grounds, you can climb the observation tower for a clear view of the full extent of the site, which recent geophysical survey has revealed to have been one of the largest and best preserved in the north.
CHILDREN CAN FOLLOW 'HUMPHREY'S GUIDE' AROUND THE MUSEUM AND FIND OUT ABOUT LIFE IN ROMAN BRITAIN, TAKE PART IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG AND DRESS UP AS A ROMAN.

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SITE CONTENTS 

GALLERY Some of the objects on display, with stories & poems by winners of our 2005 writing competition	VISITING THE MUSEUM  How to find us and opening hours	EVENTS Spring Lecture series Spring Roman Festival	PUBLICATIONS Romans on the Solway (2004), Roman Maryport (1997)
EDUCATION Describing our highly successful school visits programme			FRIENDS OF THE SENHOUSE MUSEUM

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CONTACTING US
	Senhouse Museum,The Battery,Sea Brows, Maryport, Cumbria CA15 6JD Telephone: 01900 816168 Email: romans@senhouse.freeserve.co.uk

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Hadrian's Wall

Maryport

Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

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