<![CDATA[History of Archaeology - Events]]>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:31:21 +0100Weebly<![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:34:00 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition2073240Pioneers of the Sky
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
25 April-18 August 2024

An exhibition about the history and use of aerial photography in archaeology.

Website: isac.uchicago.edu/pioneers-sky]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:37:08 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition2360244Loot - 10 Stories
Mauritshuis
The Hague, Netherlands
14 September 2023-7 January 2024

An exhibition exploring 10 stories of art looting through museum collections, which included three VR simulations.

Website: ​https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/what-s-on/exhibitions/exhibitions-from-the-past/loot/]]><![CDATA[EXHIBITION]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:29:44 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition9456834Lawrence in Fragments: Recovering Lawrence of Arabia through the Jeremy Wilson Archive
Magdalen College Old Library, Oxford
26 July 2023-13 December 2023
and online

Using the archive of Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) to tell the story of his life and work in archaeology.

Website: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/lawrence-in-fragments/

Digital Exhibition: lawrenceinfragments.magd.ox.ac.uk/
]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:21:40 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition7170876Tracing Freud on the Acropolis
Freud Museum, London
26 July 2023-7 January 2024

An exhibition on Freud's fascination with ancient Greece and collection of antiquities.

Website: https://www.freud.org.uk/exhibitions/tracing-freud-on-the-acropolis/]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:18:11 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition1973151Owning the Past
Ashmolean Museum
12 December 2020-22 August 2021

A free exhibition exploring the context of archaeology in early 20th century Iraq. 

Webpage: ​https://www.ashmolean.org/event/owning-the-past]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:11:08 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition7882381Re-Collecting Empire
University of St Andrews
​St Andrews, Scotland
Closed 22 October 2022

An exhibition focusing on the legacies of colonial collecting through the University's collections.

Website: re-collecting-empire.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/the-exhibition/]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:07:37 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition4928124Hampi: Photography and Archaeology in South India
British Library
Euston Road
Open till 22 January 2023
Admission Free

A free photography exhibition at the British Library, showcasing 19th and 20th century photographs of archaeological sites in India.

Website: www.bl.uk/events/hampi-photography-and-archaeology-in-southern-india]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sun, 22 May 2022 13:08:18 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition9482031Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive
Weston Library, University of Oxford
13 April 2022-5 February 2023
Admission free

On the eve of the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, this exhibition charts the history of the excavations directed by Howard Carter. It draws extensively on archives held in the Griffith Institute.

Website: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Sun, 22 May 2022 12:52:14 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition3876556The Stuff of Legend: Heinrich Schliemann's Life and Work
American School of Classical Studies in Athens

This digital exhibition explores the life of German excavator Heinrich Schliemann, the Homer-obsessive who is known for his excavations at Troy, Mycenae and Tiryns in the late 19th century. The exhibition draws on his extensive archive.

Website: schliemannlegend2022.gr/index.php/en/]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:23:44 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition1895789Mycenae from Myth to History
Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
till 10 December, 2021

An exhibition of Robert McCabe's photographs of ancient Mycenae, taken in 1955 at the request of site director Alan Wace. The exhibition features the site and surrounds, with captions to incorporate local histories and people.

Website: www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions/exhibitions/mycenae-myth-history]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:46:46 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/digital-exhibition4016941Unsilencing The Archives: The Labourers of the Tell-en-Nasbeh Excavations (1926-1935)
Bade Museum, California

Focusing on the workers employed on the Pacific School of Religion's excavations at Tell-en-Nasbeh in Mandate Palestine. The exhibition features photographs, film and documents from the Bade Museum archives and elsewhere.

Launch event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuxVySUq360
]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:37:08 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition4017935Lawrence at Magdalen
Magdalen College, Oxford

A new digital exhibition about noted archaeologist, explorer, and intelligence agent Thomas Edward Lawrence from the library at his alma mater, Magdalen College Oxford.

The digital exhibition links to a new online research portal which includes the recently acquired and catalogued papers of T. E. Lawrence's friend and mentor, the archaeologist David George Hogarth.

Exhibition website: lawrenceatmagdalen.magd.ox.ac.uk/

News post: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/libraries-and-archives/news/new-online-portal-and-exhibition-lawrence-at-magdalen/]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/digital-exhibition4192193Mapping Collections Histories: Barbados and Britain
University of Reading

An exhibition mapping connected archaeological collections histories between Barbados and Britain, mainly in the 19th century. A joint University of Reading and British Museum partnership project output, as part of "Narrating the Diverse Past" project.

Exhibition website: collections.reading.ac.uk/explore/online-exhibitions/mapping-collections-histories-barbados-and-britain/

Project website: collections.reading.ac.uk/narrating-the-diverse-past/
]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:58:40 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/online-exhibition2400423Greece Re-Created: Classical Inspiration at Belsay Hall
Great North Museum: Hancock

An exhibition on the collector Charles Monck (1779-1867), who lived at Belsay Hall in Northumberland, featuring extracts from his diary of his honeymoon in Greece and artefacts from the Shefton Collection.

Exhibition Website: greece-recreated.com/
Great North Museum: Hancock Website: greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/ 
]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 06:46:49 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/online-exhibitionMediterranean Threads: 18th and 19th Century Greek Embroideries
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
12 Sep 2020-Feb 2021

This online exhibition is part of the Ashmolean's Museum from Home series. It focuses on 18th and 19th century textiles from the Mediterranean in the Ashmolean's collection. Many of these were collected by noted early 20th c British archaeologist John Linton Myres, who spent time travelling and excavating in Greece and Cyprus.

See the exhibition here.]]><![CDATA[Sir Hans Sloane & Empire]]>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:20:33 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/sir-hans-sloane-empireThe British Museum
Room 1 (Enlightenment Gallery), Case 14

The British Museum has recently created a new display on founder Sir Hans Sloane, slavery and empire in the Enlightenment Gallery.  This display reflects the history of Sloane's ties to Jamaica, through his marriage to Elizabeth Langley Rose (the heiress to sugar plantations on the island) and the investments Sloane made in a slave trading company. 

Further Reading
Bakare, Laura. 2020. British Museum defends moving bust of slave-owning founder. The Guardian [online]. 

The British Museum. 2020. The British Museum Story. The British Museum [online]. 

Delburgo, James. 2017. Collecting the World: the Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane. Allen Lane.

Olusoga, David. 2020. It's not Hans Sloane that has been erased from history, but his slaves. The Guardian [online].

Listen to the British Museum Podcast Special episodes "International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade" (feat. Sushma Jansari and Hartwig Fisher with Olivette Otele and Bonnie Greer) and "Sir Hans Sloane" (feat. Sushma Jansari and Hartwig Fisher with Miranda Lowe and James Delburgo)]]><![CDATA[Collecting & Empire Trail]]>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:09:50 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/collecting-empire-trailThe British Museum
Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London

The British Museum has recently re-launched an enhanced edition of the "Collecting Histories" trail, which had been developed in 2019.  The "Collecting and Empire" trail showcases the imperial/colonial histories of 15 artefacts on display in the British Museum, including objects collected from Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Sudan, Nigeria, Virginia, Canada, Java and China.

Download the trail here.]]><![CDATA[Digital Exhibition]]>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:01:02 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/digital-exhibitionHidden Women at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology 
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
University of Reading

Following on from a temporary display at the Ure Museum in summer 2019, this digital exhibition weaves the stories of ten 'hidden' women in the Ure Museum's history together with artefacts from the Museum's collection and on loan. Ten short films introduce these women and the artefacts chosen. Narration in the films features extracts from archives at the Ure Museum and the University of Reading. 

Webpage: https://research.reading.ac.uk/curiosi/hidden-women-digital/]]><![CDATA[Exhibition]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:09:40 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/exhibition9817115Egypt in Reading: Stories from the Liverpool Collection
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
University of Reading, Edith Morley Building
26 February - 5 May 2020

An exhibition exploring the history and legacy of British excavations in Egypt, via a collection purchased for the Museum in 1923.  A digital exhibition complements the Museum display.]]><![CDATA[Network Talk]]>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 15:47:37 GMThttps://historyofarchaeologyioa.weebly.com/events/network-talk4927181FINDING FRANKS: Augustus Wollaston Franks and the British Museum (1851-97) - Some lesser known sources
Marjorie Caygill
Thursday 27 February 2020
6-7 pm, UCL Institute of Archaeology Room 209

Chronicling the life of British Museum Keeper Augustus Wollaston Franks and his importance to the history of the Museum.
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