Throughout the National Festival of Archaeology, 18 July to 3 August ,join us every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, for family-friendly activities and special talks from local archaeology experts.
Collect your archaeology passport and let it lead you through the museum, discovering activities and games as you go.
Discover Antoinette Powell-Cotton’s career and contribution to archaeological discovery in Minnis Bay.
Dive into the big dig pit to discover fascinating finds.
Get arty with pottery drawing.
Play the ‘archaeology or palaeontology’ quiz with us.
The festival will also feature special talks and presentations throughout. Talks and presentations are included in your standard entrance ticket.
Saturday 19th July: Victoria Hosegood on The Thanet Archaeological Landscape Mapping Project
Saturday 26th July: Dr Pete Knowles on “The Lost Worlds of the Palaeolithic, the evidence from East Kent”
AND special guests Trevor and Vera Gibbons share their fond memories working with Tony on her excavations. They will show a selection of artefacts illustrating Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age 2000-600BC; Middle & Late Iron Age 400BC-400AD and Mediaeval 13th&14th CenturyAD.
Trevor and Vera have painstakingly recorded every archaeological artefact in our collections, have published three detailed papers for Archaologia Cantiana and continue to share their time, expertise and memories with the museum.
Also check out other Festivals in Margate, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Margate, Contests in Margate.
