Clitheroe Castle Museum will join this year’s Festival of Archaeology, hosting a diverse range of events and activities spread over a two-week calendar. From Thursday July 11th to Saturday July 27th, the museum will open its doors for two weeks of fun and discovery, with both free and paid activities ranging from pottery to armchair archaeology. There will also be bookable sessions for aspiring young archaeologists.
Claire Sutton, Clitheroe Castle Museum’s manager, said: Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Burnley Express, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. “We are happy to be repeating our annual tradition of joining the UK-wide Festival of Archaeology. “We hope to see budding archaeologists of all ages come through our doors in the next couple of weeks.
There is something for everyone.” Guest speaker and senior UCLan lecturer Dr Allison Stewart will kick off the festival by sinking her teeth into a presentation entitled Teeth Tell Tales, exploring how archaeologists use teeth to learn about the lives of people from the past. Dr Rick Peterson will follow on Tuesday July 16th for a workshop and talk on Neolithic Pottery.
Participants will have the opportunity to handle replicas and create their own pot to take home. For a celebration of all things archaeological, come along on Saturday July 20th, for the Archaeology Festival and Community Hub Day. From 11am to 3pm, local archaeologists and experts w.