programme

2026 Programme

Times: 10:00 am until 1:15 pm (except where otherwise indicated)

Date

Junior

Senior

Saturday 17th January Vikings Beyond the North Seas Eastern Vikings: Trade, Travel and Power from the Baltic to Byzantium
Saturday 21st February Japan Before the Samurai Prehistoric Japan: Jōmon, Yayoi and the Archaeology of Early Japan
Saturday 21st March Monsters, Heroes and Gods of Ancient Greece Greek Mythology and the Archaeological World Behind the Myths
Saturday 18th April Making Music in the Past The Archaeology of Sound: Musical Instruments and Ancient Performance
Saturday 16th May Meet the Mysterious Etruscans The Etruscans: Society, Belief and Archaeology in Pre-Roman Italy
Saturday 20th June Pirates: Fact, Fiction and Treasure! Piracy Past and Present: Archaeology, Evidence and Myth-Making
Saturday 11th July Sunken Ships and Lost Worlds Underwater Archaeology: Shipwrecks, Submerged Landscapes and Methods
Saturday 15th August Stories Beneath the Streets Urban Archaeology: Cities, Communities and Life Through Time
Saturday 10th October Archaeologists on the Move!Details and application form to follow
Saturday 14th November Stone Circles and Ancient Tombs Monuments of the Neolithic: Ritual, Landscape and Meaning
Saturday 12th December A Viking & Pirate Christmas Adventure
Come and celebrate the festive season with raids, treasure and tales!