Society For Museum Archaeology

An image of a man with a short introduction and a QR code

Did we remind you that bookings are open for our conference? We have some great speakers lined up for you ! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-fo...

A Roman mosaic showing a brown bear

Museums wrangle many different types of collections - including amazing mosaics dug up in the early 1800s, like this one from Withington #MosaicMonday - find out more about what modern museum archaeologists (and others do) with objects at our conference in Liverpool socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

Great finds like this are cared for by many museums - find out what's changed and what's new about how we manage them at our annual conference in Liverpool on 13th/14th of Nov - including an option to see 'Treasure: History Unearthed' #FindsFriday - all details here: socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

Two cartoon men on a staircase passing a gold cup up from one to the other

It could be YOUR project or organisation - you just have to apply by 30th September - not in it .....can't win it!! socmusarch.org.uk/sma-awards-2...

Classical building with many pillars lining its walls, with the text 'European Archaeology, Antiquity' overlaid.

The @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (#EAA2025) annual meeting starts today! 🏺
Our collection of European #Archaeology is completely free for the conference, so check out the latest European archaeology research, from Stonehenge to the Second World War:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A logo with the words celebrating 50 years 1975-2025

It may have escaped your notice but we are 50 this year !! Have a delve into the FREE archives and publications on our website to see what has changed....or not!! socmusarch.org.uk/publications...

Society for Museum Archaeology 2025 Conference: Celebrating 50 Years of SMA Come celebrate 50 years of the Society for Museum Archaeology at our 2025 conference!

Booking for The Society for Museum Archaeology 2025 Conference: Celebrating 50 Years of SMA is now OPEN!
shorturl.at/ctryq

a cartoon of a woman giving a speech with the words " and the award " on the bottom Alt: a cartoon of a woman giving a speech with the words " and the award " on the bottom

SMA Annual Awards for Excellence 2025 - nominations open Aug 18 The SMA awards celebrate excellent practice, clear impact and people development at whatever level across the full spectrum of our museum world. All details here socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

Last day to submit a proposal today!! Go on you know you want to!!

Banner with an image of archaeologists wearing orange hi-vis clothing answering questions. The CBA Festival of Archaeology and Antiquity logos sit on the bottom, next to the text '#Ask An Archaeologist Day. 25 July 2025. Got a question?'

It's #AskAnArchaeologist day!

We're thrilled to be sponsoring the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social event, so if there's anything you've wanted to ask an archaeologist fire away!

Follow @askanarchaeologist.bsky.social for highlights.

Still plenty of time to submit a proposal for our Conference in November - Deadline is 25th July - don't forget we pay speaker expenses to be there, there are also options to present remotely or by pre-record. Check out all the details on our website at socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

Celebrating 50 Years of SMA
Society for Museum Archaeology Annual Conference 2025 to be held at Museum of Liverpool on 13th and 14th of November 2025
Call for Papers – Deadline Extended to 25th July 2025
socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

Proposed changes to human remains law could have ‘unintended consequences’ - Museums Association Archaeologists call for greater input in government discussions and a review of current guidance

www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Signatories include @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @algao-uk.bsky.social @socantscot.bsky.social www.babao.org.uk @antiquaries.bsky.social apabe.org.uk and universityarchaeology.co.uk

Our concerns have been shared with the All Party Parliamentary Group for Archaeology as well as DCMS amongst others. A full copy of the statement can be downloaded here: socmusarch.org.uk/human-remain...

SMA has responded to calls for changes to legislation and practice regarding human remains, by collaborating with several organisations to agree a joint statement on on the retention, display, and provision of access to human remains from British archaeological contexts. socmusarch.org.uk/news/

Who says #beige is boring?
#Travel to Egypt- it's FULL of interesting beige! 😉

#SneakPeek from the #GEM Grand Egyptian Museum, which we previewed on New Years Eve. It's (mostly) fabulous and due to open fully soon.

#acoloradAyPRIL #history #ArchaeologicalTravel #MuseumMonday #Cairo #TravelAddicts

Monthly Gallery Tours – May - The Museum of English Rural Life The Curator of MERL Collections and a different specialist each month discuss themes on a tour of the MERL galleries.

Also, @guyshrubsole.bsky.social got a mention in the discussion - he’ll be joining us for a gallery tour of @themerl.bsky.social later this month.

merl.reading.ac.uk/event/monthl...

HSDS User Needs Survey (Year 1) Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Do you create or use heritage science data? The Heritage Science Data Service is being developed to support everyone to access, use and create new research with heritage science data. Make sure it works for you by responding to our user needs survey here: surveymonkey.com/r/HSDS_UN_Survey1

Leicester’s revamped Jewry Wall Museum to open in July LEICESTER’S exciting new Roman visitor attraction is to open its doors to the public on Saturday 26 July.

news.leicester.gov.uk/news-article...

Hello !! @natsca.bsky.social

Hello !! @shcg.bsky.social

Small plate in palm, yellow glazed inner

Small plate in palm, unglazed outer

Happy #findsfriday! Been looking for chocolate cups in collections but stumbled upon this cute post-medieval toy/miniature plate. Accumulated quite a collection of toy photos over the years… maybe it is time to put together something soon considering…

Prehistoric pots on display that all they are cracked up to be......or not in this case!! #ancientbluesky #FindsFriday

Calling all followers! There are multiple archaeology theme days - we'd really like to connect via #MuseumMonday and amplify archaeological content too. It might be events, projects, displays, volunteers, research - post it, tag us and we'll promote what we can #archaeology #museums

We love a bit La Tene too!!

Nice!! All kinds of amazing finds in public museum collections for everyone to enjoy #FindsFriday

We love small museums too #FindFriday 😍

A roughly textured, dome-shaped stone with a large hollow depression at the top and a small hole near its base, photographed against a plain white background.

A round, rough-textured stone millstone with a central hole, resting on a light surface. The stone has an uneven, weathered appearance and a few small chips and dents visible.

#FindsFriday A couple of Roman finds in Darfield: a beehive quernstone and a upper stone of a Roman quern for grinding grain

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQ

Boars tusk in a crescent shape, missing parts of the cartilage

This #Findsfriday we have a Boar's tusk from Blackberry Field in Potterne. A late bronze/ early iron age settlement was excavated by Lawson et al here between 1983-85.

Search more of our collections online here at: www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/search-the-c...