Viking Age

Wednesday 16th August 2023
This Open Day will be led by our volunteers and give a chance to see how they have helped to develop our site. There will be heritage skills demonstrations and have a go, site tours, tea and coffee in the longhouse and a storyteller in the Earthouse.

Eat like a Viking! Deer Butchery & Cooking Course (18+ only)
Craig Brooks, author of Eat like a Viking! 1 & 2 will be hosting this event at the Ancient Technology Centre.

Come hang out in the longhouse, where you'll get hands on with skinning and butchering a deer and then create some tasty food, using replica Viking and Saxon cookware and knives.

The Programme Committee of the International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology welcomes submissions of papers and posters for the ISBSA 17, organized as a collaborative effort of the University L’Orientale of Naples, ISMEO-The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies and the National Superintendency for the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

The International Conference Archaeometallurgy in Europe has been organized every four years since 2003, in Milan (2003), Grado-Aquileia (2007), Bochum (2011), Madrid (2015) and Miskolc (2019). These conferences represent the most important forum for scientific discussion on early metalworking in Europe and other related regions of the Old World.

Zoom webinar on the occasion of the International Museum Day

When: May 27, 2023 14:00 Latvia 12.00 London. 13.00 CET
Topic: Living Archaeology

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers (deadline 1st of February 2024) for the 17th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA 17). The main theme for the upcoming ISBSA17 is STATE AND PRIVATE SHIPBUILDING THROUGH THE AGES.

Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA) is an annual international conference that focuses on the academic discussion of dyes and organic pigments used in the past.

Get ready for Viking Festival in Midgard 2023!