Cirencester YAC
Cirencester YAC is open to everyone aged 8–16 years. YAC clubs get involved in all sorts of activities, including visiting and investigating archaeological sites and historic places, trying out traditional crafts, taking part in excavations, and lots more.
Cirencester YAC is based at Corinium Museum. The club usually meets once a month. It is an affiliated club of the YAC network, and is YAC is run by Corinium Museum staff and volunteers.
If you’d like to get involved with Cirencester YAC, or find out more about how the club is run, get in touch with the team using the details below:
Contact: Michaela Lennox
Tel: 01285 655611
Email: michaela.lennox@freedom-leisure.co.uk
Corinium Museum, the home of Cirencester YAC.
Cirencester YAC is grateful for support from the Friends of Corinium Museum.
News from Cirencester YAC
March 2026 – Bronze Age Burials!
This month the YAC group met up to discuss Bronze Age Beaker burials. We are very lucky to have a whole host of very high status burials from this period at the museum which proved to be a great starting point for the activities in the session.
We started off by talking about the titular beakers and how pottery was made, discussing types of temper and how to make pottery. We then went into the galleries and had a look at all the beakers we have on display from the Cotswold area. We talked about how they were all different shapes and designs made with a range of different natural materials. Every beaker is unique. With these beakers in mind and serving as inspiration we made some ourselves out of clay and using things like sticks and string to make impressions.
After clearing everything up we moved on to the second activity where we looked at three burials uncovered by archaeologists at Cirencester, Shorncote, and Lechlade. We gave the groups the burial plan as well as the grave goods that were with them. We then gave the groups a budget and the ability to get scientific testing done or call in experts to tell them more about the objects and the burials. Crucially they didn’t have enough to be able to do everything and so they had to think carefully about what their biggest questions were and what information would best answer them. All three groups tackled this really well, and managed to piece together the stories of their burials successfully.
Next time, Iron Age Hoards!
