Job advert for a Finds Liaison Assistant (Portable Antiquities Scheme) in Liverpool - all details here liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
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Job advert for a Finds Liaison Assistant (Portable Antiquities Scheme) in Liverpool - all details here liverpoolmuseums.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Orkney Islands Council is re advertising the Culture Team Lead role myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...
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Slide showing Museum of Liverpool as Exhibition Project Winner
Slide showing CECAS as Engagement Project Winner
And our award winners this year are.....now correctly attributed!
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In time honoured tradition !
Lovely to see Treasure: History Unearthed celebrated as winner of the @socmusarch.bsky.social annual award for excellence in the exhibition project category. It has great to work with a fantastic team & special objects!
Book your tickets here👇
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...
One more sleep 👇
Due to adverse weather conditions, our conference sessions on Friday 14th Nov were disrupted. Members/delegates check your emails for details of the programme of rescheduled talks and the SMA AGM on Dec 4 - also on our website socmusarch.org.uk/conference/
We hereby give notice that YOU CAN STILL BOOK a ticket for our annual conference in Liverpool 13/14 Nov - great deals to be had for online/in-person attendance BUT all of the optional tours/trips are now sold out. Use the link below to secure your place www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-fo...
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And you thought we had nothing to say today!
A poster promoting a conference, with a portrait of a speaker and a biography.
A mid week nudge ! Meet another of our speakers and don't forget to book!
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Good morning BlueSky land! Meet another of our super speakers....and don't forget to book online or in-person #museums #archaeology
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And they just keep on coming! Here's today's speaker intro!
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Another intro to one of our wonderful speakers - please share with your networks - remember you can buy tickets for full pr part days, in-person or online....which means you can join us from anywhere in the world! socmusarch.org.uk/conference/
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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/
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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...
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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...
Booking for The Society for Museum Archaeology 2025 Conference: Celebrating 50 Years of SMA is now OPEN!
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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!!
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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/
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/
