Thinking about volunteering in archaeology or heritage? We’ve just launched our brand new Volunteering page, bringing together placements, digs, and volunteering roles in heritage from across the UK. And the best part? Search by region to find opportunities near you! 👉

🏆 Nominations are open for the @ArchaeologyUK #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards! Do you know an archaeologist, team, or project that deserves recognition? Find out more about the awards and how to nominate here 👉 shorturl.at/bC8AT

🚨 Archaeology orgs, we need you! We’re reviewing CBA Organisational Membership as part of #ReconnectingArchaeology, and your input will shape how we support groups of all sizes across the UK. 🗓 Complete the survey by 5 Sept for a chance to win a £200 voucher. 👉 surveymonkey.com/r/3CNC8SZ

Archaeologists, historians, classicists: can your research into our past inform our future? The ‘Lessons from the Past’ (March ‘26) conference is looking for papers on tangible sustainability changes informed by human history lessonsfromthepast.info @livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Keen to be green? Caring about carbon? You're in luck! Historic England have launched new training workshops, covering 'How to Measure a Carbon Footprint', and 'How To Write a Carbon Reduction Plan'! Check out our Blogpost all about it for more: buff.ly/7wpe1ZA

Very interesting to consider when we think as archaeologists about landscapes and memory

Our study further reveals the marvelous and often surprising complexity of our planet. It reminds me of how difficult it is to predict the future and how our own actions are creating a profoundly uncertain world and future. Read more here: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/au...

🚨 Aged 18 - 25 & passionate about heritage? Join our Youth Advisory Board! Help shape a more inclusive, youth-led future for archaeology 🔍 No experience needed, just bring your insight, ideas & curiosity! Find out more about the YABs, their work, and how to apply here 👉 shorturl.at/MxxO0

This week, I leave my role as Community Participation Coordinator @camunivmuseums.bsky.social Thank you to my colleagues in the University and wider community working tirelessly across the town-gown web. I've been a Cambridge resident for 20 years and never felt more connected with my local area.

Curious about archaeology but not sure where to start? Join us on 13 September for Unearthing Futures, a FREE event created by young people, for young people at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Enjoy skills workshops, network, and have fun! Travel + lunch covered 🍕 👉 shorturl.at/KYmHV

#Wetlands are among nature’s most powerful climate allies. Despite their immense value, wetlands remain in peril. As we look towards #COP30 please sign the letter linked below for the sake of #conservation, #biodiversity and #climate change action. forms.gle/ZKjgLgHxLxtc...

Interested in studying archaeology at university? JOIN US in person or virtually on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy bsky.app/profile/brit... to find out more about what it's like to study archaeology at university! More info and booking links here: linktr.ee/University_A...

🎉 The Festival of Archaeology 2025 is here!🏺 To celebrate the role of open knowledge in wellbeing, we’re highlighting a selection of projects that showcase how archaeology can support personal and community wellbeing in diverse and meaningful ways. 🔗 To find out more visit: buff.ly/ltIPhVR

Magical. Preserved handprints dispel the curtain of time.

This #BogDay seems apt to announce that I am starting a PhD @york.ac.uk in September with @anthropocenebio.bsky.social and the Department of Archaeology. I will be researching the past ecology of the North Yorks Moors and using this evidence to explore views about the future landscape #MoorViews 🪧

We have one last surprise for #AskAnArchaeologist... To keep the discoveries flowing & to celebrate #FestivalOfArchaeology, we’re unlocking the British Archaeology archives for ONE WEEKEND ONLY - totally OPEN ACCESS! 🔓👉 shorturl.at/7uZaD Let us know what you uncover!

A mindful moment connecting with people past and present at tonight's @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalofArchaeology talk about bringing the prehistoric archaeology at Stanwick Lakes to life🏺

#AskAnArchaeologist Day is on Bluesky this year! 🏺 Get your questions ready for this Friday, when tons of archaeologists will be on hand to answer your #archaeology queries. @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

🏺 The 2025 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards are now open for nominations! 🎉 Help us celebrate the people & projects shaping archaeology across the UK & Ireland. 📅 Deadline: 3 Sept 2025 Start your nomination 👉 shorturl.at/NAQBZ Join our clinics to find out more 👉 shorturl.at/A74pb

📣 #PublicHumanities invites papers which look beyond community inclusion in excavation and embrace participation in archaeology through different avenues for a new themed issue. Learn more here: 🔗 cup.org/44RfLQj #CommunityArchaeology #Archaeology #OpenAccess

A devastating loss. Flag Fen Roundhouse destroyed by Peterborough vandals www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/t...

What will you discover this #SummerAtTheMuseums? ☀️🔎🔭🎨💎🦖 Check out our full summer events calendar online from today! Browse all events and book your place: museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/summer

NEW: What is the relationship between poetry and place at heritage sites? Our new blog-post introduces the @torchoxford.bsky.social collaborative project with @englishheritage.bsky.social - Poetry, Heritage and Community: Inspiring Voices 👇 www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/intr...

Saying “we will never know” (but here is what I think, and why) is the most powerful thing. It says, we can’t be sure, what do you think? A 7 year old child hearing it might think to themself, I can work that out. And maybe, one day, they will

"Perhaps heritage is not a finished narrative to be passed down - but a living commons we are still co-writing ... What might it mean to centre belonging, not just buildings? To honour voices as much as artefacts? To treat culture not as something to be managed - but as something that empowers?"

“the failure of the environmental improvements created in mitigation for the A14 are an example of how powerful developers make environmental pledges to gain planning permission, which are then not upheld” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yesterday I returned to Flag Fen for the first time in over two decades. Seeing how much of the causeway timbers have decayed and disappeared in the intervening years was both a poignant reminder of the passage of time and the critical threat to the diminishing archaeological record of the Fens.🧵1/

Do you know a curious young person with a love of archaeology? Our free #FestivalOfArchaeology Youth Archaeology Day event, on Saturday 26 July at Chester House Estate, is packed with opportunities to get hands-on with history. Book here👉 shorturl.at/gZXW1

🚨Job alert! 🚨 We're looking for a Community Participation Assistant (Part-Time, Fixed-Term) to build and maintain relationships with East of England Caribbean communities. 1/2 #MuseumJobs #Caribbean #CaribbeanResearch #Caribe #CaribbeanArchaeology #CaribbeanMuseums

UK Universities are under huge financial pressure - does this mean they should step back from their role in their communities? A blogpost arguing this would be a big mistake; instead they should take even more seriously their role supporting regional economies. www.softmachines.org/wordpress/?p...

📣Artists, creative producers and cultural orgs📣 I'm working with @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and @theaudienceagency.bsky.social to understand the value of R&D and innovation in arts and culture. If you make or present artistic and creative work, pls spend 10 mins filling out this survey 👇

Are you interested in re-wilding? We have a questionnaire on re-wilding and the historic environment open, and keen to hear from ecologists, land managers, and archaeological practitioners. Access the questionnaire here - uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Would you like the opportunity to guide the strategy and governance of work across the @camunivmuseums.bsky.social? We’re looking for new members to join our Oversight Board. Find out more & apply by 9am on 16 June: bit.ly/4kprzj4

#OutAndAboutArchaeology looking back at 9 days walking to raise money for @archaeologyuk.bsky.social. I covered 146km and here are a few of my walks:

I've loved wearing my archaeology goggles bringing the past into focus for @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #OutAndAboutArchaeology this week. Strolling down the #Cambridge backs this afternoon, there was this stone mounting block which I must have passed countless times before but I've only now seen.

Ventured to @nationaltrust.org.uk #WickenFen for #OutAndAboutArchaeology where work is underway to restore the drained fen peat, which is not only an important carbon sink and wildlife habitat, but provides a window on the past landscape www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambri...

🚶‍♀️500km and counting! That’s like walking Hadrian’s Wall 4 times. CBA staff & trustees are exploring the past step by step to raise funds for #OutAndAboutArchaeology. Just £25 supports an hour of mentoring for a Youth Advisory Board member. Donate today 👉 bit.ly/4kg9nbg

Inspiration for today's #OutAndAboutArchaeology walk came from Churchill College who recently shared a video about the Ascension Burial Ground in #Cambridge This 19th century cemetery includes the graves of over 2000 people years including 3 Nobel prize winners ascensionparishburialground.uk

One of my favourite I-Spy activities is spotting archaeology themed road names and north #Cambridge is a hot spot! Ring Fort Road follows the circular plan of an Iron Age hillfort bank and ditch capturingcambridge.org/arbury/arbur... #OutAndAboutArchaeology

A very dry spring means the parch marks for World War II air raid shelters on Jesus Green #Cambridge are already showing #OutAndAboutArchaeology Read more about the archaeology of this green space via this @ads-update.bsky.social entry archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/brow...

Today I've used the new Historic England Local Heritage Hub as my inspiration for #OutAboutArchaeology Not a perfect recreation, but here's my picture of Hobson's Conduit #Cambridge and here's a photo from HE's archives historicengland.org.uk/images-books...

One of the things I've appreciated sorting #OutAndAboutArchaeology this week are all the interpretation boards in #Cambridge This one highlights the incredible story of Olaudah Equiano, an influential writer and abolitionist, now commemorated by the Equiano Bridge near @museumoftechnology.com

A brilliant evening spent exploring the industrial heritage of #Cambridge at @museumoftechnology.com with the @camunivmuseums.bsky.social Community Panel and @whipplemuseum.bsky.social staff, exchanging insights and ideas. A few more steps clocked up for #OutAndAboutArchaeology too!

It's easy to miss the #Cambridge Core at this busy crossing so I enjoyed the chance to pause today and take a closer look for #OutAndAboutArchaeology It was inspired by finds from an excavation by @cambridgearch.bsky.social including a late Saxon cemetery and a medieval coin hoard.

Thread from @maacambridge.bsky.social on the intersection of archaeology, photographic art, and public engagement. @cladle.bsky.social

Took a detour on my morning commute for #OutAndAboutArchaeology to see the Leper Chapel #Cambridge @cambridgeppf.bsky.social Dating to the 12th century, it is the city's second oldest complete building and nearly 85 years older than @cambridgeuni.bsky.social cambridgeppf.org/leper-chapel/

Went further afield for #OutAndAboutArchaeology today to visit #Bartlow Hills #Cambridgeshire Originally the largest group of Roman barrows in northern Europe, the three largest mounds are impressive structures and publicly accessible historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

My #OutAndAboutArchaeology journey in and around #Cambridge had to start with a pilgrimage to Castle Hill, a Norman motte built on the site of the Roman town of Duroliponte capturingcambridge.org/museum-of-ca...

👣 Walking, wheeling, and fundraising! I’m joining @archaeologyuk.bsky.social staff and trustees to cover 1,944km in one week for #OutAndAboutArchaeology Every donation, big or small, helps us bring archaeology to more people in more places. Your support makes a real difference! 👉 bit.ly/4kg9nbg