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History of Archaeology related Activities in britain (And Beyond).

Exhibition

23/10/2022

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Re-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/
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Exhibition

23/10/2022

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Hampi: 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
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Exhibition

22/5/2022

 
Tutankhamun: 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

Digital Exhibition

22/5/2022

 
The 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/

Exhibition

29/9/2021

 
Mycenae 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

Digital Exhibition

23/9/2021

 
Unsilencing 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

Digital Exhibition

13/9/2021

 
Lawrence 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/

Digital Exhibition

11/1/2021

 
Mapping 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/

Digital Exhibition

4/1/2021

 
Greece 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/ 

Digital Exhibition

2/9/2020

 
Mediterranean 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.

Collecting & Empire Trail

31/8/2020

 
The 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.

Digital Exhibition

29/6/2020

 
Hidden 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/

Exhibition

7/3/2020

 
Egypt 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.

Network Talk

12/1/2020

 
FINDING 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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Network Talk

12/1/2020

 
 'I took a man over, & began to dig': Catherine Downes' excavation of Roman Warminster, 1786
Madeleine Pelling (York)
19 February 2020
6-7 pm, UCL Institute of Archaeology Room 209

Exploring the history of this 18th century #trowelblazer's excavations which uncovered a Roman mosaic, and revealing the history of women in archaeology at this time. 
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Exhibition

15/10/2019

 
Allen Seaby's Archaeology for Children
until 21 February 2020
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
University of Reading


A temporary display on the children's archaeology books written by Allen Seaby, Professor of Fine Art at University College/University of Reading in the early 20th Century.  Featuring many unpublished illustrations on loan relating to three of Seaby's books: Omrig and Nerla (Bronze Age); The Ninth Legion (Roman); and Alfred's Jewel (Anglo-Saxon). 

Exhibition

15/10/2019

 
Eighty Years (and More) of Sutton Hoo
Room 2, The British Museum


A small exhibition on the 80th anniversary of Sutton Hoo excavations, undertaken on behalf of Mrs Edith Pretty in 1939. Features archives from the original excavation team alongside excavated artefacts.

​More information via curator Sue Brunning's blog post.

Exhibition

10/8/2019

 
Hidden in the Archive: Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers
until 10 September 2019
Open 9-4.30 Tues-Thurs
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
University of Reading


An exhibition featuring the stories of ten women who in collecting, curating and cataloguing helped shape the archaeological collections at the University of Reading. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvD8p4n8t10&feature=youtu.be 
More information: https://research.reading.ac.uk/curiosi/collcurcat/

Network Talk

29/1/2019

 
Layers of History: ​How Leonard Horner and Joseph Hekekyan applied geological stratigraphy to Egyptology
20 February, 6-7pm
Room 612, UCL Institute of Archaeology

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​Meira Gold (Cambridge) discusses the role of geology in early Egyptology through mid-19th century excavations at Memphis and Heliopolis.

Network Event

3/1/2019

 
Ghosts and Fragments in the archive of O. G. S. Crawford
22 January 2019, 6-7 pm
Room 209, UCL Institute of Archaeology


Martyn Barber (Historic England) discusses his research into the archives of British archaeologist Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford (1886-1957).
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