The Senhouse Roman Museum
Last updated at 16:22, Wednesday, 25 June 2008
The Museum houses a wealth of objects, pictures, models and paintings that illustrate Maryport's proud maritime and painting tradition.
Housed in a Victorian Naval Reserve Battery this award winning museum houses the largest collection of Roman altars from a single site in Britain and lies adjacent to the clifftop fort of Alauna part of Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site.
Tel: 01900 816168
First published at 15:56, Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Published by http://www.maryportlocal.co.uk
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