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Over the last hundred or so years, a number of museums have grown up along the length of Hadrian’s Wall. Most of these are based at major sites (forts) along the Wall and house collections deriving from that particular site and its hinterland (e.g. museums at Maryport, Vindolanda, and Chesters). Others are not immediately linked to the remains of a site (e.g. those in Carlisle and Newcastle). Some are managed by independent trusts (e.g. Maryport and Vindolanda), some by local organisations (Arbeia and Segedunum) and others by national agencies (e.g. Chesters and Housesteads). This chapter traces very briefly the development of these museums and their integration into the management of Hadrian’s Wall as a whole.
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Allason-Jones, L. (2014). Hadrian’s Wall as World Heritage: The Museums. In: Stone, P., Brough, D. (eds) Managing, Using, and Interpreting Hadrian's Wall as World Heritage. SpringerBriefs in Archaeology(), vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9351-8_9
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