Come and join us in Liverpool to help celebrate our anniversary – find out what has changed, what has not, and explore the world of museum archaeology today!
The Society for Museum Archaeology Annual Conference 2025 is to be held at the Museum of Liverpool on 13th and 14th of November 2025 – Booking is now open!!
All ticketing information as well as the programme has now been published on Eventbrite – prices range from £35-£100, with optional add-ons for tours (some free) and the conference dinner. NB concessionary rates are available This will be a hybrid event, so if you can’t get to Liverpool there will still be an option to attend. Also if your not currently an SMA member, memberships can be purchased as an add-on with your ticket – why not become a member and save on your conference ticket?
BOOK VIA EVENTBRITE HERE
Download the full programme, venue and tour details here
The conference celebrates the successes of Museum Archaeology over the past 50 years and looks forward to the possible challenges and opportunities over the next 50 years.
SMA AGM 2025
Members who are unable to attend the AGM in person will receive an email invitation to join us online. The email will provide you with details of how to access the login page.
Watch our Conference 2019 videos online!
Keynote:The Telling of Human Stories
Waiting in the Wings (digital archaeological archives)
Driving Community Engagement and Research: a vision for Watling Street
Numismatics, Norman England and other Tricky Issues
Is Disposal a participatory practice?
Experiencing the gods: Displaying and interpreting Romano-British religion in museums
How can I put this? Interpreting the Evil Eye for a modern audience
Watch our Conference 2018 videos online!
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
Archaeology matters: pass it on!
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