... Ryan agreed his ‘volunteer job title’ : CSI Runner ! Ryan has been helping off and on since we first started fitting out the shop. This week he visited the library for us to see if they can locate Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England, by Penelope Walton Rogers (out of print and … Continue reading there’s more, almost forgot…
Highlights form this week’s visitors/activities
...a woman who could neither read/write or tell left from right but delighted in seeing what we were doing and discussing lots of our displays and microscope work, because "one never knows what there is to discover !! " … a teenager's community carer/enabler and his charge stumbled upon us and spent quite a while … Continue reading Highlights form this week’s visitors/activities
Another benefit of volunteers
This is just to notify anyone who doesn't know about the exciting volunteer project at the Museum of London and a brief article featured in this month's ICON News (November 2010 - issue 31). The museum has run a number of volunteer programmes during the past 8 years since its archive (LAARC) opened to the public in … Continue reading Another benefit of volunteers
Public Comment
A number of benefits have arisen within the community from the presence of the CSI: lab so far. UCL student and conservation intern Natalie Mitchell, has written her masters dissertation about the public reaction and perception of the conservation profession by compiling research with the aid of questionnaires and comments from visitors to the CSI: lab. … Continue reading Public Comment
celebration day
On 5th March 2010 CSI: Sittingbourne hosted a celebration day in The Forum. Guests included school children and politicians from the local community who were all keen to see the progress during the time CSI: has been running. It gave everyone the opportunity to see some of the objects and all the hard work that has … Continue reading celebration day
a bit of a progress report…
Stats... The volunteers for this project have been of great help and have showed good progress so far. They have gained in confidence along the way and the results they are producing are brilliant. This section highlights the background and the type of people that are volunteering, or who have volunteered, in the past months. … Continue reading a bit of a progress report…
Volunteer Experiences
VOLUNTEERS This page showcases the experiences and background of the volunteers that have been involved with the success of the CSI: lab so far. Some are conservation interns and professionals, but the majority are members of the local community. See what they have to say about the project and their experiences so far. Emma My discovery … Continue reading Volunteer Experiences
sustainability
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES Sustainability and green issues are becoming a major issue within the cultural heritage sector, affecting both conservators and museums. These issues may concern such things as light bulbs in museum display cases or finding new ways of carrying out conservation treatments, and involving the public to an increased degree. The CSI: lab … Continue reading sustainability
school visits
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
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