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The Barker Lecture: widening access at BM_ARC
A chance to hear from experts and take a tour of the BM_ARC building. The discussion will be chaired by Dr Beth Steiner, Research Facilitation Manager at University of Reading. You’ll hear from Prof Duncan Garrow from the university’s Department of Archaeology about student placements and research opportunities in BM_ARC, and Kathryn Godwin from the British Museum on the future for public access to collections.
Go behind the scenes with a tour led by members of the Collections team to learn more about the fascinating objects housed at BM_ARC, including world-renowned archaeological collections of ancient sculpture, mosaics, archaeological assemblages and historic cast collections. The talk and tour are followed by a drinks reception.
This event is supported by Graham and Joanna Barker.
British Museum Masterplan announced
The British Museum has announced its Masterplan, one of the most significant cultural redevelopment projects undertaken anywhere in the world, which will transform the Museum for the 21st century.
The first element of the Masterplan is the opening of the BM_ARC facility at Thames Valley Science Park, in partnership with the University of Reading.
External Funding Awarded
AHRC, Icons in Context: Rethinking Symbols of Power at the Time of Stonehenge, Neil Wilkin and Duncan Garrow, 2021-2023
AHRC Future Leadership Fellowship, Reshaping Archaeological Metallurgy: a new role for science in Britain’s heritage sector, Peter Bray, 2022-26
British Academy Global Professorship, A New Culinary Archaeology of Chocolate: Food Histories of Mesoamerica in Holistic Perspective, Kathryn Sampeck, Rebecca Stacey, 2022-26
AHRC, The Medieval Ritual Landscape: Archaeology, Material Culture and Lived Religion, Roberta Gilchrist and Michael Lewis, 2023-26
Exhibition
The World of Stonehenge Exhibition 2022 – Exhibition catalogue, Neil Wilkin and Duncan Garrow
Workshops
- 2021 – Politics, Religion and Objects joint webinar in association with Becket exhibition
- 2021 – Stenton Lecture and Workshop on Collecting & Nineteenth-century Empires
- 2021 – Object Biographies workshop
- April 2022 – People in Collections Databases Workshop
- Feb 2023 – Social Network Analysis workshop was hosted by DH Humanities Hub
- July 2023 – Workshop in Reading on Classics with Tom Harrison & RLG, Near Eastern with Paul Collins & JD, and British Archaeology with Sally Fletcher & CJ.
- Sept 2023 – Missing Out: curating the extraordinary ordinary in museum collections with Neil Wilkin and Duncan Garrow
- Dec 2023 – ARC research plan and working with Scientific Research session.