Alexandra Croom

Alexandra Croom FSA
Alex Croom, in the Stone Gallery at Arbeia, South Shields' Roman Fort, January 2018
Occupations	Archaeologist Museum Curator
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Roman clothing, Roman furniture
Institutions	Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Alexandra T. Croom BA FSA is a British archaeologist and museum curator.

Career

Croom is the Keeper of Archaeology at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. ^[1] She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 29 April 2010. ^[2]

Exhibitions

Croom has been involved in the planning and delivery of several exhibitions for Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum including:

• The Glory of Rome: Arbeia's Greatest Treasures (2014): An exhibition at Arbeia fort. ^[3]
• Saving Face (2018): An exhibition of a private collections of Roman helmet cheek-pieces. ^[1]
• Borderline Funny (2019): An exhibition in Segedunum of modern cartoons related to Hadrian's Wall. ^[4]

Select publications

• Bidwell, P. T., Croom, A., Snape, M. E. 1999. Hardknott Roman Fort, Cumbria : including an account of the excavations by the late Dorothy Charlesworth. Kendal : Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
• Croom, A. T. and Griffiths, W. B. (eds) 2002. Re-enactment as Research : Proceedings of the Twelfth International Roman Military Equipment Conference, held at the Customs House, South Shields, UK, 24th-26th September 1999(Journal of Military Equipment Studies 11). Armatura Press.
• Croom, A. 2010. Roman Clothing and Fashion. Stroud, Amberley.
• Croom, A. 2010. Roman Furniture. Stroud, The History Press.
• Rushworth, A., Croom, A., Bishop, M. C., MacRae, C., Johnstone, M., 2016. Segedunum : excavations by Charles Daniels in the Roman fort at Wallsend (1975-1984). Volume 1 The structural remains. Oxford, Oxbow.

References

1. Engelbrecht, G. (4 June 2018). "Private collection of Roman helmet cheek-pieces on display at Segedunum". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
2. "Fellows Directory: Ms Alexandra T Croom FSA". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
3. Henderson, T. (31 July 2014). "Treasure pulls in the visitors at Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
4. Henderson, T. (8 May 2019). "How Hadrian's Wall has been viewed through eyes of cartoonists" . Retrieved 28 June 2019.