The Portable Antiquities Scheme

Some of the Scheme’s staff (including me) have just been to Utrecht for the ICOMON conference on numismatics. I guess some people might be interested in the presentations that we gave. They probably don’t mean much without the words, but mine includes a few slides that relate to the forthcoming revamped database. Bear in mind [...]

My colleague, Michael Lewis, has been working as a Special Constable for the Met Police for the last year or so and has now found some fame in the Art Newspaper. This article gives just a small snippet of information about what they do.
On the beat with the art world’s part-time police - The Art [...]

Our Finds Liaison Officer for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, Anja Rhode was on BBC 1’s Antiques Roadshow last night. You can watch this again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00f7ff4
Skip forward to around 42 minutes and you’ll see Fiona Bruce chatting to Anja about the Treasure Act and being bemused by ear scoops.