Ribchester Roman Museum

Ribchester Roman Museum (officially the Ribchester Roman Museum of Roman Antiquities)[1] is located in the village of Ribchester, Lancashire, England. It sits at the southern end of Church Street, near the northern banks of the River Ribble, adjacent to St Wilfrid's Church.[2] Founded in 1915 by Margaret Greenall,[3] a member of Warrington's Greenall's brewing family, it is registered charity number 510490 with the UK Charity Commission.

Ribchester Roman Museum
The museum's entrance in 2006
Established1915 (1915)
LocationChurch Street, Ribchester, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53°48′38″N 2°31′57″W
FounderMargaret Greenall

The museum houses many of the finds from Bremetennacum, the Roman fort a few yards away. The most notable find, the Ribchester Helmet, is on show in replica; the original is in the British Museum collection.[4]

The museum's former honorary curator, Jim Ridge, had a gallery at the museum named in his honour after his death in 2003.[5] Ridge instigated a Time Team dig in Ribchester in September 1993 after writing to them regarding remnants of the Roman fort being in the back garden of his 2 Church Street cottage.[6]

Ribchester Helmet
  • Replica of the helmet on display at the museum
    Replica of the helmet on display at the museum

References
  1. "Step back in time to celebrate Ribchester Roman Museum's centenary". Lancashire Telegraph. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. Visiting – Ribchester Roman Museum
  3. About – Ribchester Roman Museum
  4. "Ribchester History Trail" - e-voice.org.uk
  5. "Roman expert Jim dies" - Lancashire Evening Post, 29 January 2003
  6. On the Edge of an Empire | FULL EPISODE | Time Team – Time Team Classics, YouTube, 20 September 2019


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