The Society convenes for its two-day conference every autumn. Held in a different region of the UK each year, it usually addresses a theme of topical interest and attracts an excellent range of speakers working across all sectors of archaeology. The conference is an excellent place to learn more, meet new people and to enjoy visiting world class venues. The AGM also takes place at this time.
Society for Museum Archaeology
Annual Conference – University College London
5th – 6th November 2018
Assertive Archaeology: The Power of Positive Action
In museums we are entrusted with safeguarding collections and making them accessible. But how do we make archaeology sustainable for the future? How are we showing resilience in what we do? Who are we benefiting and how? Those who take positive action become more confident, get more done, demonstrate persistence and understand how to articulate the value in what they do to those that matter the most. How have you taken positive action to improve the world of museums and archaeology?
Watch our Conference 2018 videos online!
Many thanks to Doug Rocks-McQueen we can share a great set of papers by a great set of speakers!
And the individual videos are:
Bristol’s Brilliant Archaeology: planning for all ‘event’ …ualities
Your Dig: York Archaeological Trust’s new Participatory Community Engagement Programme
Visitor perceptions of, and engagement with, British prehistory displays
Positive Action with a 3D Printer
Documentation and Curation of 3D Visualization Projects
Displaying the Dead: results of the Leeds Museum visitor survey
A new approach to rationalising archaeological shell
Charging Ahead: Exploring fees for the transfer of archaeological archives in museums in England
I like to move it, move it……into archive suitable boxes
Pottery Shop? What Pottery Shop? Re – thinking Corbridge from the base up
Improving Archaeological Reference Collections and Typologies
Digging Deeper into Treasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5qSGNOQKkE
Archaeology matters: pass it on! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INl8D8eOc1M
Forging a positive collaboration between Swindon Museum & Art Gallery & Cardiff University
Old Collections, New Questions: Researching the Roman collections of the Yorkshire Museum
Birmingham: rediscovering archaeology for a superdiverse city
Putting Cyprus on the Map: promoting the Cypriot archaeology collections at Museums Sheffield
Papyrus for the People at the Petrie Museum