That's a wrap! The HS1 archive is complete so we celebrated with a fun day in partnership with Sittingbourne Heritage Museum and friends.
Learning by teaching – Hands On Diary #7
Interns Emma and Oli give an insight into what goes into creating the public events at CSI.
My work experience at CSI – Hands On Diary #6
17 year-old student Marcus from Faversham dives into his work experience placement at the lab and archive, and explains the fascinating project he got involved with over the week.
Sharing local history through crafts! – Hands On Diary #4
Our events take inspiration from ancient artefacts to get creative and crafty with the public.
Waste then and now: The most common find in the archive… Hands On Diary #3
CSI Intern and MA History graduate Ewan talks us through the most abundant object in the HS1 archive, and how they point towards a bigger question of waste in collection storage and beyond.
High Speed Archaeology Finds – Hands on Diary #2
Emma dives into the HS1 archive project - the what, how, and why of archaeological archiving. We’re documenting CSI’s work in real time - find all our blogs so far here. Welcome back! It’s Emma, with another update on the project. The DIY is now completed. The studio is officially up and running. Excitingly, we … Continue reading High Speed Archaeology Finds – Hands on Diary #2
DIY is the name of the game – Hands On Diary #1
A new blog by the Hands on the Past project team. This month we started DIY renovations and had our first look at the Anglo-Saxon collection under the microscope.
Hands on the Past – Reintroducing CSI: Sittingbourne
As we prepare to reopen in spring 2022, meet the team behind the Hands on the Past project breathing new life into CSI: Sittingbourne.
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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