Activities

These entertaining resources will help you learn a little bit about Roman life at Vindolanda and Magna. Please share your successes with us on our social media and if there is anything you would like to see here - let us know! Scroll down to see all the fun activities. Where possible we have offered a printer friendly version in grayscale if you need to print a worksheet off. If you have an interactive tablet you may be able to complete some of these without doing so.

All are PDFs and come with an answers page so you can check your work.

Pottery Activities:

Become an archaeological illustrator and have fun drawing different types of Roman pottery.

Download Pottery Illustrator Challenge Download Decorate a Roman vase

Download Pottery Specialist Challenge

Roman Medicine Activities:

Download Roman Plants & Medicine Download Votive Offerings Activity

Download Roman Eye Care Activity Download Roman Surgery Activity

Fun Activities:

Download for your visit:

Image of the Vindolanda Fort Trail

Download Vindolanda Fort Trail

Download Vindolanda Fort Trail Answers

Fun for at home or at school:

Download Create your own seed bombs Download Teddy Bear Emperors

Or if you just want the fun of the growing without the mess of creating your own seed bombs, you can visit us and buy our handmade seed bombs at the Vindolanda Museum!

Download Spot the Difference

Download Roman Honey Cake Recipe

Download Roman Pancake Recipe

Download Auxiliary Colouring in

Download Legionary Colouring in

Download Archaeology Colouring in

Word Activities:

Download Writing Tablet Mystery

Printer Friendly WT Mystery Download

Download Writing Tablet Mystery Challenge 2

Printer Friendly WT Mystery Challenge 2 Download

Download Latin Wordsearch & Answers

Printer Friendly Latin Wordsearch

Download Stratigraphy Wordsearch

Stratigraphy Wordsearch Printer Friendly

Vindolanda Crossword Wall Printer Friendly Download

Vindolanda Crossword Wall Answers

Number Activities:

Roman Numeral Hopscotch Download

Roman Numeral Bingo Download

Printer Friendly Roman Sudoku

Download Roman Numeral Sudoku

Roman Numeral Target Practice

Roman Numeral Twister

Minerva Dot-to-Dot Download

Minerva Challenges Download

Jupiter Paint by Numerals Downloads

Easy - Instructions and Challenges

Easy - Printer Friendly Colouring Page

Hard - Instructions and Challenges

Hard - Printer Friendly Colouring Page

Latest

Vindolanda collection online

The Vindolanda collection holds thousands of objects which illuminate the daily life of the Roman community who lived on the site nearly 2000 years ago. Explore the artefacts.
WelcoMe booking page

Page with access to the WelcoMe apps to notify staff of upcoming visits
Lost (Letters) & Found (Photographs)

Guest blog: Dr Catherine Teitz
When a photograph can’t speak a thousand words, but a letter can. Dr Teitz looks at photographs from the Vindolanda archive and how they can help us understand more about the site and its history. Continuing the blog series on Archive Archaeology.
Productive Piles of Paper

Guest blog: Dr Catherine Teitz
Continuing the blog series on Archive Archaeology, Dr Teitz is looking at where our archives are and what can be found within them.

Junior Blogs

A selection of blogs aimed at kids, great for those studying the Romans at school or picking up some knowledge before you visit.
Classroom resources

Re-enforcing learning back in the classroom helps to make your visit to our site more than just a good day out. We have developed these resources to help you continue to make the most out of your visit.
Fact Files

Kids blogs that take a look at what it was like to be a Roman Soldier on Hadrian's Wall and the northern Frontier of the Roman Empire. Including, where did Roman soldiers come from, bath houses, Roman forts, Vindolanda and its writing tablets and much more.
Top Roman History FAQs

Learn more about Hadrian's Wall, the Roman Army and the forts and archaeology at both of our sites Vindolanda and Magna!
Video Blogs

Take a closer look at some of the artefacts and buildings uncovered at Vindolanda. Our curator and archaeologists take you through some highlights of the site and collection.
Family Visits

Making the most of your visit to our sites Roman Vindolanda fort & Museum and the Roman Army Museum. What to see and where to go and fun activities to do when you visit.
Crafts

Get creative with these fun ideas for crafts at home. Create your own loo-roll Legionary or archaeologists.
Your Crafty Creations

Picture gallery of some of the amazing Crafty Creations you have made. Get inspired and admire the ingenuity and creativity behind some of these amazing pieces of art.
Crafty Creations

Crafty Creations - Way to have fun and get creative with the Romans including Loo roll characters with fun fact sheets and challenges.

Tickets

How to visit Vindolanda Roman Fort and Museum and the Roman Army Museum. This page will take you through the new systems we have in place for visiting our sites, what is open and how to visit.
Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum

Visit Roman Vindolanda today and you will find one of the North East’s most famous and not to be missed tourist attractions lying in the beautiful landscape of Hadrian's Wall Country. Formerly a key military post on the northern frontier of Britain, Vindolanda is the home of Britain's 'Top Treasure' - the Vindolanda Writing Tablets - and is one Europe's most important Roman archaeological sites, with live excavations taking place every year.
Roman Army Museum

Lying in magnificent countryside next to a sweeping section of Hadrian's Wall and based at the site of Magna Roman Fort, the Roman Army Museum is an authentic and dramatic tribute to Rome’s extraordinary military legacy. Step into the life of a Roman soldier and experience life on the front line of Emperor Hadrian’s formidable British frontier.
Booking and Visiting FAQ's

Have you got questions about what to expect when you arrive or how to book? Take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page which answers some of our visitors most popular queries.
Luna, Moon Goddess

Volunteer blog - Jackie James
The ancient Roman moon goddess, Luna, derives her name from the Latin lucere, meaning ‘to shine’ and was seen not only as the divine embodiment of the moon but also the female counterpart of the sun, Sol.
Getting here

How to find us no matter how you like to travel. Whether biking, busing or marching, make your journey as smooth as possible and enjoy more time with us.
Day Planner

This is a suggested day planner for your visit to Roman Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum.
Book a Place

Find out about what's involved, how to participate and when you can see the digging taking place. We are now fully booked for the 2024 Excavation season.
Work for us

Find out about any opportunities to join the award winning teams at Vindolanda and the Roman Army Musuem. We currently have three new fixed term posts with the Vindolanda Trust- Part of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site and based at the Roman Site of Magna.
Local Accommodation

There is a vast range of places to stay near to Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum with all budgets catered for.

Carved stone depicting mystery horseman uncovered.

A beautifully carved sandstone relief which depicts a naked male figure holding a spear stood in front of a horse/donkey has been uncovered during the annual excavations at the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Read more