The Portable Antiquities Scheme

The Institute of Conservation (ICON) Archaeology Group are pleased to announce the publication of this ground-breaking conference held in December 2003 at the British Museum.
“Whose Find is it Anyway?” heard the views of all parties involved in metal detecting and the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). It was a forum to examine some [...]

I’ve recently been asked if I can host a podcast generated by a work experience student who spent some time working with the Scheme. Below is a bit of background to put George’s podcast in context (it works best with iTunes as you get the pictures embedded.)
“George Potts is 16 years old and attends [...]

Today sees the opening of the British Museum’s groundbreaking exhibition about the First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army held within the iconic Round Reading Room in the Centre of the Great Court. When I came into work this morning, there were queues for the ticket booths and the Museum has sold 135,000 advance tickets (quoted in [...]

Cei Paynton, our Education Co-ordinator sent an email round about this show and I thought it would be good to share with you all.
The programme ‘Innovation – Digging for History’ will be shown as part of Innovation week in November. Schedules (and titles) do change, but currently it’s due to be shown for the [...]

The Technorati search has produced a few interesting hits over the last day or so. Two blogs in particular stand out with their standpoint on Illicit Antiquities trade. Derek Fincham talks about the return of Petroglyphs to their original home and finishes his commentary with:
The only real solution is to educate the public about the [...]