Event: Vikings are coming to Peterborough Museum
VISITORS to Peterborough Museum this weekend will have a chance to see Vikings, warriors and soldiers come to life.
VISITORS to Peterborough Museum this weekend will have a chance to see Vikings, warriors and soldiers come to life.The museum is staging a free exhibition of militaria as part of an annual fair organised by the Soke Military Society.
The museum's own collections of arms and armour will also be on show.
Visitors will be able to enjoy displays and demonstrations by costumed re-enactors from local re-enactment groups.
Roman soldiers from the 9th Legion will be talking about life in the Roman army, Viking warriors from Clan Wulfhar will be giving regular combat demonstrations, while the Medieval Sokemen will be bringing to life social and military stories from the Middle Ages.
Peterborough City Council's museum historic interpretation manager Stuart Orme, said: "We are delighted to be hosting the Soke Military Fair, having had a very close relationship with the society for many years.
"We are very pleased that visitors will also be able to view and handle some of the items from our own military collections, alongside exciting demonstrations from costumed re-enactors.
"These are particularly interesting to children as they are really able to connect with the past."
The Soke Military Fair is at Peterborough Museum, in Priestgate, tomorrow from 10am until 5pm and on Sunday from noon until 4pm. Admission is free. Refreshments will be available.
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