SCHOOL VISITS CSI: Sittingbourne has also been opened up for local school children from Sittingbourne. The project has provided a fun and interesting day for over 300 pupils so far, where they have the opportunity to get up close to the artefacts and try their hands at archaeology. Information about the evidence collecting processes involved … Continue reading school visits
anglo-saxon open day
OPEN DAY CSI: Sittingbourne hosted an Anglo-Saxon open day on Saturday 5th December 2009 in The Forum shopping centre. This gave the public a greater opportunity to speak to conservators working in the lab and also to ask archaeologists any questions that they had about the excavation. Over 200 people attended demonstrations of wood-working from … Continue reading anglo-saxon open day
csi: on e-conservation
The online conservation magazine e-conservation has published a very good article about the CSI: lab in issue 12 for December 2009. The article has been written by French conservation intern Virginie Ternisien who spent four weeks as an intern with Dana Goodburn-Brown in the summer, and revisited to see the progress of the lab soon … Continue reading csi: on e-conservation
csi: in icon news
The professional body for conservation in the UK, ICON (Institute of Conservation), has a two page report in the December issue of ICON news. It explains all about what the CSI: lab is setting out to achieve. This is a really important article as it allows a lot of people in the conservation profession to find out about the lab … Continue reading csi: in icon news
New X-ray Machine
After eventually getting the first airport x-ray machine into the lab (only to find out it didn't work!) we have now taken delivery of a new one. This has been kindly donated by Rapiscan for the duration of the CSI: project. This is the first time an airport x-ray machine has been used for looking at … Continue reading New X-ray Machine
Air-abrasives faulty/temperamental
Not really news if you have ever worked with these machines, but the air abrasive machines are temperamental. This is an appeal; if you can spare some time to help sort the current air abrasive machines or possibly lend the CSI: lab a set up for the duration of the project - the conservators would be … Continue reading Air-abrasives faulty/temperamental
CSI: On kent tv
Thanks to Amanda Fisher from Kent TV for producing this brilliant report for CSI:Sittingbourne. You can see Dana explaining the project and Sylvia talking about the objects that are being worked on. Click here to see the video.
Conserved objects
CONSERVED OBJECTS This page aims to show you what we have been working on in the lab. The page will be updated as and when we have worked on something interesting. Be sure to check back regularly. VOLUNTEER OBJECTS Volunteer Sylvia has written a short piece on a copper alloy object she has been working … Continue reading Conserved objects
Investigative Conservation
Types of materials conserved
X-ray Images
Commemorating life in Sittingbourne.
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