Verulamium Museum Family Weekend: Roman soldier helmet

Verulamium Museum is running a family weekend on Sunday 15 November, and the main thing on the go is a Roman soldier helmet craft. The idea is simple: kids get to make their own paper helmet to take home, and the activity is included in the admission price. It's set up so they can build it while they're exploring the museum, so you're not just sitting at a table for the whole visit.

For a bit of context, Verulamium Museum is the Museum of Roman Verulamium, and it houses the permanent collections from the city's Roman past. The family weekends are part of a wider programme of talks, tours and public events they run throughout the year, and this session is one of those that invites children to get hands-on with the history rather than just looking at it from behind a glass case.

If you're planning the trip, it's worth thinking about parking. The Verulamium Car Park is the closest, just a two-minute walk away, and costs £7.50 for up to six hours. Clarence Park is further off—about a 26-minute walk—but it's free on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. Christopher Place is somewhere in between, around a 10-minute walk, and costs £2 on Sundays and bank holidays.

Tickets for the day are £4 to £10, and the museum's usual admission is £10 per adult, £5 per child under 16, or £23 for a family ticket, with discounts for local residents and under-fives free. The helmet craft is included in that paid admission, so you're getting the activity and the museum visit in one go.