Ribchester Roman Museum (officially the Ribchester Roman Museum of Roman Antiquities) 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.Visiting – Ribchester Roman Museum Founded in 1915 by Margaret Greenall,About – Ribchester Roman Museum a member of Warrington's Greenall's brewing family, it is registered charity number 510490 with the UK Charity Commission.
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."Ribchester History Trail" - e-voice.org.uk
The museum's former honorary curator, Jim Ridge, had a gallery at the museum named in his honour after his death in 2003."Roman expert Jim dies" - Lancashire Evening Post, 29 January 2003 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.On the Edge of an Empire | FULL EPISODE | Time Team – Time Team Classics, YouTube, 20 September 2019
Ribchester Helmet
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