Ask a Curator Day
On Wednesday 1st September RCAHMS is participating in 'Ask a Curator Day'. A unique worldwide question and answer session, the initiative allows anyone to put questions directly to archive, museum and gallery curators live on the web.
‘Ask a Curator’ is hosted on the popular website Twitter, where you can find out how to take part, see a list of participating
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Time Travelling by Water
Wessex Archaeology showing what can be done. Or if you want to see it another way . fulfilling their Charitable status. One of a group of resources and collections.
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Time Travelling by Water began in January 2008 with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The aim was for Time Travelling by Water staff to conduct 70 school visits, appear at 5 event d
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Two great courses in a World class archaeological landscape.
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This course is aimed at graduates in archaeology and environmental sciences wishing to specialise in geophysical prospection, and graduates with geophysics degrees who wish to move into shallow archaeological and environmental prospection.
The course provides an underst
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On The Edge: New Approaches to Community Heritage
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Embedding community heritage projects within existing NGO social care programmes is key to the success of such heritage projects. Heritage is not an d cannot be a stand-alone solution to deep-rooted social problems, what it offers the NGO is an additional option to consider when developing their engagement strategies. The co
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English Heritage is developing a series of thematic research strategies which will link with the proposed National Heritage Protection Plan. They are ‘primarily intended to help English Heritage identify research which will further the organisation’s goals and to provide criteria for the allocation of research resources in a highly competitive arena’. In a future where resources for research ...
A study day at the British Museum
Saturday 9 October 2010, 10.00–16.30
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
£30, concessions £20, includes tea/coffee
Leading researchers in Cypriot archaeology present the results of their recent excavations and research in a series of short, illustrated papers aimed at a general audience. The day aims to create a bridge between academic specialists and the general public
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Mapa Scotland
The campaign to restore General Maczek’s Great Polish Map of Scotland
All proceeds will be used towards material restoration of the Great Map and its promotion. No officials or members will be eligible for expenses (other than audited office consumables) or payments for labour.
Membership categories and subscriptions:
Individual: £10 Family: £15
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Past Horizons Magazine - Adventures in Archaeology
Issue 13 - August 2010
Maggie, Felicity and David would like to welcome you back to our online magazine of archaeology from around the world.... and with exciting news about changes in the format.
This is however another packed edition and we actually enjoy it more and more every time, and hope you do too!
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Archaeology in Education 2010: Dale Hall University of Liverpool 13 & 14th September
The Council for British Archaeology and the Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology have joined together to host a conference on Archaeology in Education in September 2010.
The conference will cover all levels of education from Key Stage 1 through to Continuin
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