What's on
Festival of Archaeology ~ Talks Programme
Saturday, July 22, 2023
to Sunday, July 23, 2023
- Museum Garden
- Donation Entry to festival and museum all weekend
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No booking required
Donation entry all weekend
A busy programme of talks across the festival weekend. Set in the beautiful grounds of the museum, these talks are included in your donation entry!
Talks this year reflect the extensive restoration work being carried out on the historic ‘Kings House’, home to The Salisbury Museum
| Saturday | |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Bridget Telfer –Past Forward Project Curator
Keys, corsets, otters and a motor car: curating the museum’s new galleries for 2024! |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Steve Bush, Project Officer, Cotswold Archaeology
Uncovering a major Bronze Age barrow cemetery near Netherhampton, Salisbury |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Julian Richards, Archaeologist and curator of the new Pottery Gallery.
A potted History of Britain |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Alyson Tanner, Portable Antiquity Scheme.
The Story of Coombe Bissett Down through its Finds – Alyson Tanner and Alix Smith |
| Sunday | |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Michael Gorely, Local Heritage Education Manager, Historic England
‘Using Historic England’s resources to discover your local heritage’ |
| 13.30 – 14.30 | Andrew Ziminski, stonemason
A career in ruins. |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Jamie Wright, Archaeologist, and brick history expert
King’s House, and Salisbury’s Brick Buildings and Brick Kilns. |
