CSI: Sittingbourne is now open on Mondays and Thursdays, having reopened in partnership with Sittingbourne Heritage Museum in 2022.
The conservation lab was originally set up in 2009 to help conserve some of the 2500 archaeological objects recovered from 229 graves of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery site found locally. CSI: Sittingbourne is an almost unique community project in that it is the one of the first times that public volunteers have been invited to conserve archaeological objects. It is also the first time the public has been allowed to see the conservation process in such a public domain, promoting the profession which is often ‘hidden’.
The discovery of this site and the subsequent CSI projects are an exciting and valuable commodity for Sittingbourne and the area of Swale, which continues to attract more visitors to the area.
The CSI Lab has been dedicated to the memory of Jon Norton. Jon was a local resident of Sittingbourne who sadly passed away in 2009. He was a journalist, artist and husband of the late Mo Mowlem.
CSI: Sittingbourne 
I found out about your CSI project from the Digging for Britain programme and would be interested in joining in. I am a working member of the Bexley Archaeological Group, as their website designer/manager. I have done resistivity surveys and digs. I have a strong interest in Anglo-Saxon history and Egyptology.
hi Ron,
I’ll pass your email address onto the appropriate person and I’m sure they will be in touch. It all depends on funding at the moment and whether we can continue so if you or anyone else knows of any funding routes or whatever then that would be great.
thanks