Celebrate the opening of our exhibition Timeless Treasures, which showcases the Great Baddow Coin Hoard with our free Iron Age Day at the museum and on the back lawn in Oaklands Park! The day will include living history stalls, archery, catapult and combat demonstrations.

We are proud of our Essex Iron Age and Roman historical connections, and on Saturday 18 July, we will be welcoming the award winning re-enactment society, Britannia, who were founded in Essex.

Britannia Reenactment Society have appeared in 100+ television and film productions, including the films Gladiator and Centurion, as well as every episode of television’s Horrible Histories. Visitors can witness combat demonstrations during the day and throughout the event and they can chat to Britannia members, who will be portraying Iron Age Britons and Roman praetorian guards. They may even meet an Iron Age chieftain and some Roman ladies in their finery.

Admission to the museum will be free for the day, and the event is suitable for everyone.

Head to the Oaklands Park back lawn behind the museum for the following free activities with the Britannia Reenactment Society:

• 10am to 5pm - Iron Age Living History Display

• 11am & 2.30pm - Combat demonstrations around the story of the discovery of the Baddow Hoard

Visit the museum for free all day and enjoy the following activities:

• 10am to 4pm - Make your own foil coin craft

• 10am to 10.45am - Face painting

• 1pm to 1.15pm - Story time

• 2pm to 2.45pm - Face painting

• 3pm to 3.15pm - Story time