Information and Reservations:
Telephone: 0049 (0)2364 / 9376-38
Charges 60 min.: 30,00 Euro
Charges 90 min.: 45,00 Euro
scenic tours: 60,00 Euro
Tours in a language other than German 15,00 Euro extra
From 16 persons
Maximum size of groups: 20
Light and Shadow over Rome
Class 3-5 (approx. 90 minutes)
45,00 Euro
The rise of Rome from a village on seven hills to a world power saw times of light and shadow. On a tour through the important stages of Roman history school children decide for themselves whether times of light and darkness were due to the gods, to the emperor or to the generals. At the end of the tour all of the school children will make sundials.
Wanted: Successful Commander!
Class 5-7 (approx. 90 minutes)
45,00 Euro
Varus, Aggripina, Tiberius and other clever mili-
tary commanders led Roman campaigns around
the Mediterranean. The tour focuses on one of these commanders: but who was he? And what was his life like? Was he really successful? Exhibits gives clues which help to complete the picture of the man we are looking for. At the end of the tour each class can stamp the initials of the commander onto 2-cent coins, which they should take with them to the exhibition.
Varus, A Model Career
Class 8-13 and adults (approx. 90 minutes)
45,00 Euro
Was Publius Quinctilius Varus really the incapable commander and great loser, as historians have mostly presented him? The tour follows his life through the various stages of his career from Italy via North Africa and Syria to finally Germania? The question will arise again and again as to what success as a soldier or a politician meant then and means today. During the tour school classes will put together the picture book of a career and stamp the initials of the commander onto 2-cent coins, which they should take with them to the exhibition.
Crash Course Imperium
Class11-13 and adults (approx. 60 minutes)
30,00 Euro
…takes us to the highlights of the exhibition and spotlights Augustus’s political life: his rise to absolute dictatorship, his proclamation of the “Golden Age”, his building policy, the settlement of his succession, his administration of the provinces and his foreign policy. And what influence did his contemporaries and relatives have on all of this?
Julia, Augustus’s Granddaughter
Scenic Tour for Adults (60-90 minutes)
60,00 Euro
Augustus called his granddaughter, Julia, a pustule and a cancer and banished her in 8 AD for ever from Rome and his family. Now she reports on the life and work of her grandfather, whom she describes, not as a magni-
ficent ruler but from the perspective of a woman who, like everyone else in his family, was only a pawn in his struggle for absolute power in the Imperium.
Maximum size of groups: 25 or a school class
The Legionaries Who Disappeared
Class 3-5 (approx. 90 minutes)
45,00 Euro
2,- € for materials
15.000 Mini Romans represent the three Var-
us legions on their march. Stop! Eight Romans are missing – this is quite clear from their marching order! Are they already on their way home by ship on the Lippe? The focus of this tour is on the search for the legionaries who disappeared. After the children in each class find them, they make their own standards.
For a Handful of Denarii
Class 5-13 (approx. 90 minutes)
45,00 Euro
0,50 € for materials per person
…legionaries fought everywhere in the Imperium – and had to pay for their own food, clothing and weapons. What was left over from their pay? This tour follows the transport of supplies to the outpost in Haltern and looks behind the scenes in the Roman administrative and military centre. At the end of the tour everyone mints a coin bearing a portrait of Augustus.
Flying Visit to an Outpost
Class 11-13 and adults (approx. 60 minutes)
30,00 Euro
It is almost a miracle that Rome was able to control even the most distant provinces of a world empire – without mobile telephones and the Internet. This flying visit shows how thousands of legionaries lived in the outpost of Haltern, were supplied and upheld Roman rule.
Fenestela, Veteran of the 19th Legion
Scenic Tour for Adults (approx. 60 minutes)
60,00 Euro
The young Fenestela fought for the first time almost 25 years ago as a legionary in the 19th Legion in the Alps under the command of Publius Quincitilius Varus. Now, shortly before his discharge, the legionary will follow his commander for the last time through Germania. Fenestel takes leave of the outpost in Haltern and thinks back over a life in the shadow of the legion’s eagle.
Please note:
To avoid unnecessary waiting times, groups should arrive at least 15 minutes before the booked time. All charges excl. of the admission.
Cancellation deadlines:
In the case of cancellation less than one day before the booked tour or if the group does not appear at the booked time, the whole of the fee for the tour will be charged. Groups must appear within 30 minutes of the booked time. Otherwise the tour will be cancelled and the fee charged.
