Courtroom Cafe at St Albans Museum + Gallery

🐣 Happy Easter Sunday! If you’re out and about today, hop into the Courtroom Café at St Albans Museum + Gallery for hot cross buns, Easter bunny cookies, sweet treats and more.🐰

📍 St Albans Museum + Gallery 

#StAlbans #Cafe #stalbansmuseums

🐣 Visit St Albans Museum + Gallery & Verulamium Museum this week for family activities.

St Albans Museum + Gallery
🎨 Draw with Rob exhibition

Verulamium Museum:
🟦 Easter Mosaic Workshops – Mon 30 March 
🔍 Archaeology for Families – Tue 31 & Wed 1 April

More info on our website.

#StAlbansMuseums

For #MosaicMonday here’s a modern mosaic representation on the site of the Folly Lane temple in Verulamium (St. Albans), a Romano British temple built respecting the earlier burial of a Celtic chieftain. Photo by my co-curator Sara
#StAlbansmuseums
#ReligioninVerulamium

It’s been so lovely seeing people pop back in for another look at Helios before the final weekend - we love how much this glowing sun has meant to everyone! And yes… we’ve treated ourselves to Helios cookies from the Courtroom Café 🍪✨

#Helios #StAlbans #Cafe #StAlbansMuseums

Thanks to everyone who took part in #MuseumSelfieDay 📸☀️ Please keep sharing your photos and videos of Helios all week and don’t forget, we always love seeing your moments from all our St Albans Museums too!

#Helios #StAlbans #MuseumSelfie #WhatsOn #StAlbansMuseums #exhibition

Not your average jug!
The Kingsbury Jug was discovered in 1813 inside a stone coffin close to Kingsbury Manor House, St Albans. Alongside it was a skeleton and glass vessels. See it up close at Verulamium Museum on your next visit!

#MuseumMonday #HistoryMonday #StAlbans #StAlbansMuseums

☀️ What a beautiful sunny start to 2026, St Albans! Make the most of it with a visit to both of our museums.
🏛️ St Albans Museum + Gallery - open today until 4pm
🏺 Verulamium Museum - open today until 4pm (last entry 3:30pm)

#StAlbans #StAlbansMuseums

Make the most of the festive break and drop into Verulamium Museum while we’re open over the next couple of days!
Wander through recreated Roman rooms, get up close to stunning large‑scale mosaics, and enjoy a brilliant family day out.

#VerulamiumMuseum #Museum #StAlbansMuseums #StAlbans #WhatsOn

🎄A reminder that both St Albans Museum + Gallery and Verulamium Museum are closed today 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January. We'll see you back on the 27 December when we open again!

#StAlbansMuseums #StAlbans #MuseumUpdates #OpeningHours #Christmas

Day 20 of our Advent Shop Calendar🗺️🍻
What to buy for the pub lover who thinks they’ve visited every watering hole in St Albans?
We love this St Albans Pubs Tube Map by local resident Gary Broadbent. 

📍 Available at St Albans Museum + Gallery Shop

#StAlbansMuseums #ShopLocal #StAlbans #PubMap

It’s #MuseumShopSunday! 🎁 Shop with purpose and discover unique gifts in our museum shops – from mead and Roman toys at Verulamium Museum Shop to locally made treats and festive baubles at St Albans Museum + Gallery.

#StAlbansMuseums #StAlbans #ShopStAlbans #StAlbansCommunity #MuseumShopSunday

Our Learning Team had an amazing day at St Paul’s Cathedral receiving the prestigious @sandfordaward.bsky.social! 🏆Congrats to Danielle, Jenna & Caroline for this incredible achievement!

📸Chris Vaughan Photography

#SandfordAward #Learning #StAlbans #StAlbansMuseums #StPaulsCathedral

Worlds Connected Exhibition at St Albans Museum + Gallery

Step inside the red tent - part of our new Worlds Connected exhibition. 🌍Come sit, listen, interact, and enjoy the space around you.

Explore the many links between St Albans and the Islamic World, from science to coffee and beyond.
📍 Now open at St Albans Museum + Gallery

#StAlbansMuseums

🎨Our Worlds Connected exhibition has arrived - spot our new banners outside St Albans Museum + Gallery and drop by the exhibition today!☀️

#StAlbansMuseums #StAlbans #Museums #Exhibition

Coffee in St Albans Museum + Gallery

☕ Swing by the Courtroom Café at St Albans Museum + Gallery this weekend for a cosy coffee break. Great coffee, friendly faces, and a perfect spot to unwind. 

#StAlbans #StAlbansMuseums #Cafe #Coffee

Our new What’s On brochure is here!
Packed with exhibitions, events, family activities and more - everything happening at our museum sites from now through November.

If you’re nearby this weekend, why not pop in and pick up a brochure! 

#StAlbansMuseums #WhatsOn #Museums #StAlbans

For #TorcTuesday here’s a Mercury statuette from Verulamium, apparently found wearing a torc (although not this one!). My 📷, object in the care of #StAlbansMuseums

Jane Austen fans mark 250 years since the writer's birth with a wave of parties Jane Austen fans are celebrating 250 years since the writer's birth with a series of celebrations – including Georgian costume balls, where attendees try out period dancing.

🔊 We invited @npr.org  to our Georgian Costume Ball celebrating 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen.

Listen:
www.npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-s1-5430394...

#janeausten250 #stalbans #stalbansmuseums #georgianball

For #RomanSiteSaturday here’s our test pit last Saturday behind the old Rose and Crown pub in St.Albans. Lots of Roman pottery. My 📷 #StAlbansMuseums

A day 5 dig update from Tom Lucas (St Albans Museums' Archaeologist)

Thanks to @drparchaeology @simonknightarchitects @minervaarchaeology 

(🎥And thanks to Martha for keeping us updated from the site!)

#archaeology #stalbans #verulamium #archaeologydig #stalbansmuseums

A late entry for #FindsFriday are these sherds of Roman pottery I found today whilst digging with #StAlbansMuseums

Our local honey flies off the shelves...but have you tried some of our food and drink from other local suppliers!
 🍯 Walled Garden Apiary
🍓 Stanhope Preserves
🥜 Patti Sloley
🍨 Darlish
🍻 The 3 Brewers

 #shoplocal #stalbans #stalbansmuseums #hertfordshire #museumshop #stalbansmarket

Lanka Kade toys in front of mosaic at St Albans Museum

The Romans are coming!!! ⚔
How cute are these Boudicca and Roman Soldier toys from Lanka Kade available in the shop at Verulamium Museum!
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/visit/verulamium-museum

 #verulamium #romans #stalbans #stalbansmuseums #museumshop #boudica #romansoldier

Postcards from St Albans...
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📸 1906 postcard

#stalbans #stalbansmuseums

For #MosaicMonday here’s some fragments from Verulamium (excavations in 1930-33, Insula IV, Veranda 8, Room 11), in the care of #StAlbansMuseums. My 📷

St Albans Museum + Gallery Chandelier

St Albans Museum + Gallery cells venue hire

St Albans Museum + Gallery stairs wedding

St ALbans Museum + Gallery courtroom wedding

Did you know you can hire St Albans Museum + Gallery for your wedding or special event?

Celebrate in the ❤️ of St Albans:
https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/venue-hire

#stalbans #stalbansweddings #stalbanswedding #stalbansmuseums

For #FindsFriday this Roman ring necked flagon was found in Verulamium, St. Stephen’s cemetery to be precise. Now in the care of #StAlbansMuseums. My 📷

For #FindsFriday here’s something I found in the offices of #StAlbansMuseums - a fragment of a lovely mould for Samian pottery

St Albans chocolate shop historic photo

Not only is it the last day of January but it's also #hotchocolateday . We're celebrating with a photo showing "The Chocolate Shop" on the railway bridge (Victoria Street).

See more historic St Albans photos in our collection:
https://collections.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/explore

#stalbansmuseums

For #FindsFriday here are absolutely no finds at all in our test pit (so far). Better luck tomorrow #StAlbansMuseums