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Roman Britain in Colour
Venue: Great North Museum: Hancock
Dates: Nov 19th 2021 - Jan 1st 2040
- Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:00
- Sun 11:00 - 16:00
- Sat 10:00 - 16:00
Price: Free
Detail
Pause and enjoy a dramatic reimagining that shows how seven Roman altars in the Hadrian's Wall gallery were originally brightly coloured. We do not know how these altars would have looked exactly. The colours and patterns are based on research on stones from across Roman Britain, including traces of paint found by using ultraviolet and x-ray technology. To imagine what these altars would have looked like, GNM worked with two partners. WallCAP, a National Lottery funded Hadrian's Wall community archaeology project, hosted by Newcastle University, and NOVAK, a creative studio based in the North East which specialises in video design and projection mapping.