The Portable Antiquities Scheme started it’s tenancy at the British Museum (formally) with a finds roadshow in the Great Court. The day had many activities organised for children and adults and managed to catch the attention of thousands of visitors who came through the doors.
The day provided families with the following activities to participate in:
- Story telling
- Finds handling
- Roman re-enactment
- Gallery talks
- Viking battle re-enactment
- Finds recording
- Conservation displays including use of an XRF machine
- Displays by West Kent metal detector club
- Displays by the Mudlarks
Images of the day have been included in the gallery, and show some of the happy attendees participating gleefully. Over 40 objects of archaeological note were recorded, with one item of Treasure. These will shortly be transferred to our database and add to our archaeological corpus.
OpenCalais helped to tag this with: British Museum • Great Court • metal detector club
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