Work for us

The Vindolanda Trust operates two Heritage sites / Museums in the central sector of the World Heritage Site. We employee approx. 40 staff throughout the year in various roles.

The Trust is an Investors in people employer and were shortlisted for " Silver Employer of the Year" in the 2018 IiP Awards.

Opportunities to join the team will be posted below -

Roman Vindolanda and Roman Army Museum customer service staff.

We currently have no vacancies for Customer Service staff at either Vindolanda or the Roman Army Museum.

Student Weekend / Holiday customer service assistants.

An opportunity to join our friendly and experienced team at both Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum

Variable hours throughout the season, with additional hours over the school holiday period.

Please contact [email protected] if you require further information.

Latest

Vindolanda January Site Tours

6th January - 7th February
Site Tours - Make the most of your visit to Vindolanda by joining one of our daily 11:30am free guided tours, though our museums are closed the site will be open!
Vindolanda Light Tours

7/8 & 14/15 December 2019
Vindolanda site tour at dusk. Work our way from the museum through the gardens and through the site stopping for photos and chat highlighting some of Vindolanda's features.
Goodbye Shed – Hello Archaeology Centre

This year saw the last season of use for our excavation shed. Since 2008 this shed has provided shelter to thousands of excavators.
Playing games at Vindolanda

Guest blog written by our visiting specialist from Edinburgh University.

Severan Skulls

Dr Trudi Buck takes a closer look at the human skull unearthed during the 2018 excavation of the Severan fort ditch at Vindolanda.
Tickets
Ancient timber posts

Both visitors and volunteers have been very curious as to what those beautiful timber posts sticking out of the ground are. Here is what the archaeologists have concluded so far.
Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum

Visit Roman Vindolanda today and you will find one of the North East’s most famous and not to be missed tourist attractions lying in the beautiful landscape of Hadrian's Wall Country. Formerly a key military post on the northern frontier of Britain, Vindolanda is the home of Britain's 'Top Treasure' - the Vindolanda Writing Tablets - and is one Europe's most important Roman archaeological sites, with live excavations taking place every year.
Roman Army Museum

Lying in magnificent countryside next to a sweeping section of Hadrian's Wall and based at the site of Carvoran Roman Fort, the Roman Army Museum is an authentic and dramatic tribute to Rome’s extraordinary military legacy. Step into the life of a Roman soldier and experience life on the front line of Emperor Hadrian’s formidable British frontier.
Getting here

How to find us no matter how you like to travel.
Opening Times

Seasonal opening times for Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum.
Playing games at Vindolanda

Guest blog written by our visiting specialist from Edinburgh University.
Hadrian's Wall

At Vindolanda Fort and the Roman Army Museum you are already having the ultimate 'Edge of Empire' experience on Hadrian's Wall but if you want more then there is a stunning string of forts, milecastles and turrets stretching 80 Roman miles (73 of our miles!) from East to West, coast to coast.
Severan Feline Friends

Interaction between cats and humans goes back as far as Ancient Egypt. However, some of our earliest clues to domestic cats in Britain come from the Roman period.