Coronavirus update
Following careful consideration of ongoing medical and government advice and our duty of care, most of our public events will be taken online. You can discover our upcoming digital events here and across our social media channels.
Please also explore the huge range of information, activities and media freely available to the public on our website, YouTube channel, Flickr, SketchFab gallery and social media channels.
Discover the Archaeology of HS2 in partnership with the YAC
Online via Zoom
Wednesday 17th February
10 – 11.30am
Totally new to archaeology or the next Alice Roberts? Want to find out more about archaeology and what real archaeologists do? Aged 8-16 years old?
No problem! Join the HS2 archaeologists online as they cover the basics, meet archaeologists and explore a huge dig at Park Street, a Victorian burial ground in the centre of Birmingham, where archaeologists uncovered 6,500 skeletons from the site!
In this free online session you can share what you already know about archaeology and ask questions as they chat through the different stages of the Park Street dig, including discoveries from the site and what they tell us about life in the Victorian times.
Find out more and book
Wednesday 17th February
10 – 11.30am
Totally new to archaeology or the next Alice Roberts? Want to find out more about archaeology and what real archaeologists do? Aged 8-16 years old?
No problem! Join the HS2 archaeologists online as they cover the basics, meet archaeologists and explore a huge dig at Park Street, a Victorian burial ground in the centre of Birmingham, where archaeologists uncovered 6,500 skeletons from the site!
In this free online session you can share what you already know about archaeology and ask questions as they chat through the different stages of the Park Street dig, including discoveries from the site and what they tell us about life in the Victorian times.
Museums Sheffield Live: Archaeology of a Changing City
Livestream
Thursday 25 February 2021
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Free
No need to book
Hear archaeologist Ashley Tuck from Wessex Archaeology share his experience of working on a range of live archaeological sites.
Ashley specialises in Industrial Archaeology and has worked on many sites across Sheffield including steel furnaces, worker’s housing and Sheffield Castle. In this talk, he will focus on some of the locations that feature in The Sheffield Project: Photographs of a Changing City.
Visit the Museums Sheffield Facebook Live page at 1pm on 25 Feb
Thursday 25 February 2021
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Free
No need to book
Hear archaeologist Ashley Tuck from Wessex Archaeology share his experience of working on a range of live archaeological sites.
Ashley specialises in Industrial Archaeology and has worked on many sites across Sheffield including steel furnaces, worker’s housing and Sheffield Castle. In this talk, he will focus on some of the locations that feature in The Sheffield Project: Photographs of a Changing City.
Webinars online
If you would like to watch one of our previous webinars visit our YouTube channel.
Webinars on YouTube
HS2 Coleshill online exhibition
As part of our ongoing work recording the archaeology along the route of HS2 we are happy to announce our Coleshill online exhibition is now live!
You can access it here