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Museum Dorestad/Wijk
bij Duurstede
Sunday 15 July
2007 |
 The Dorestad museum in
Wijk bij Duurstede invited us to the
'Midsummerday', an invitation which we gladly
accepted. The museum has very friendly people
running it, and we have been here sort of
annually for the past 4 years. The museum is
located in the old part of the town, on the
doorstep of the local castle (see map on the
extreme right). Since we were early, we took the
opportunity to stroll around the castle moat
first before trying the museum again. I can
recommend it - it's situated in a big park, very
well suited for a nice stroll when you've visited
the museum. |
Wijk bij Duurstede, the old Dorestad south-east
of Utrecht. |
Detailed image of the town with the museum. |
 The weather was
odd - very hot and very humid. In fact, at first we did
not even attempt to kit out completely, because we
expected rain and not many visitors. It took about an
hour before the first guests arived, and luckily after
that the numbers swelled.
Our neighbours, the Vikings.. |
..who had a very nice field smithy going. |
Father Valerius and son Hieronymus. |
A very cute little Roman! |
Chariovalda, trusted soldier of the comitatenses.. |
..testing a verutum.. |
..and showing the local youngsters what to expect
when they join the army! |
Hieronymus minding the shop and testing
his writing. |
The museum, seen from the back garden. |
Showing the gear to the visitors.. |
A panoramic spread of the museum and all the
groups present in the back garden. |
The kids come round, attracted by all the shiny
armour and colourful stuff.. |
.. which they get to try on, when we try to get
everybody to wear something.. |
..and later we fight a bit in the garden, to the
delight of the visitors. |
Eventually
more people came, so I decided to put on armour - which
was very cumbersome in this heat! There were a few drops
of rain too, almost inevitable with this kind of
humidity, but apart from a very grey sky the expected
rainshowers stayed away. The visitors ket coming however,
so that we were quite busy until the end of yet another
pleasant event.
      
Als present was Yolanda van den Berg from Bureau Nebti, which we met
earlier this year when shooting a small movie for the RMO, which she
brought with her to show us. This day she did a small
painting studio, with quite original face paintings, such
as legionairy - or mummy! Jeroen at first did not want
to, but then she managed to persuade him - he got special
treatment, Yolanda gave him a first-ever Deurne helmet
face painting!
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