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Latest news: Historic roadshow hits Kendal town
Published 4 March 2009
Everyone interested in archaeology in the Kendal area is in for a “double helping” of historical artefacts over the next few months with a special one-day fact-finding roadshow followed by a four-month exhibition.
The events – at Kendal Museum opposite the town’s railway station entrance – are the latest stops on a tour by the Lake District National Park’s Access to Archaeology Project.
The ‘Unlocking the past, understanding the present’ exhibition, which has already been enthusiastically received at Windermere, Penrith and Barrow, shows 12,000 years of Lake District human history and how the iconic landscape has developed. The exhibition runs in Kendal Museum from 2 April until 30 July.
“This exhibition should appeal to anyone interested in history. From our experiences in Penrith and Barrow we know that Kendal area archaeologists of all abilities will enjoy this fun hands-on way of approaching our very special Lake District history,” said the national park’s project officer Annie Hamilton-Gibney.
However even before the exhibition arrives in Kendal enthusiasts have the chance to have their questions answered at the Access to Archaeology roadshow . There they can meet experts such as: Cumbria County Council Archaeologist Mark Brennand; Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison officer Dot Boughton; and the national park’s own Annie Hamilton-Gibney.
During the roadshow on Saturday 14 March - from 12 noon until 4pm - visitors will also have the chance to:
- learn how to carry out historical research via access to the Historic Environment Record, a database of all the known archaeology and historical sites and finds in Cumbria;
- handle real artefacts, have their own finds identified; and
- hear how the Lake District Access to Archaeology project has improved ways to access historical information.
“We are very pleased to be hosting an archaeology roadshow. An occasion where the people of our community can share their enthusiasm and discoveries with professional archaeologists and compare them with discoveries made in the past, is what archaeology museums are all about,” said Anna Hall from Kendal Museum.
