We are currently working with a collaborative team on a Conservation Management Plan for Glendalough. If you've visited the site in recent years, we would love to hear your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/3HSKHYR #Ireland #Glendalough #Wicklow @nationalmons.bsky.social @opwireland.bsky.social

Not quite the Easter Bunny but a lovely ‘hare & hound’ Roman brooch from Halton 🐇

National Museums Liverpool is 40! The World Museum has a special exhibition, which opened today, of 40 objects from the stores, chosen by curators and staff to represent the collections. Well worth a visit! My faves included Fido the Lion, casts of the Formby footprints and a dazzleship ferry model.

It’s the last day to see Treasure: History Unearthed at the Museum of Liverpool! I’ll miss caring for these amazing objects & hearing stories of how our visitors connect with the past through discovery & place.

Viking Society for Northern Studies Student Conference, University of Liverpool, Sat 11 April 2026. £5 entry. To register email [email protected] topics include burials, queer genealogies, Orkneyinga saga, sculpture and battles. Lunch included. #medievalsky #liverpool

Really enjoyed a day of fascinating talks of at Musuem of Liverpool today exploring archaeology & objects, thanks to all our brilliant speakers! Just one week left to see Treasure: History Unearthed, which closes on 29th March! 📸 Malpas Bronze Age Armillae on loan from Manchester Museum.

Free public launch in Liverpool - new paperback edition - you just need to register to attend. Email [email protected] to sign up for the lectures that precede it including a plenary by Prof Howard Williams #medievalsky @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-emb...

Looking forward to lots of fantastic talks on Saturday as we head towards the closing week of Treasure: History Unearthed!

The Lower Ballam hoard of flat axes from Lancashire is the largest hoard of copper objects found in Britain. The axes are made of pure copper which came from Co.Kerry. On display in Treasure: History Unearthed, Museum of Liverpool until the 29th!

Enjoyed finding this comment card today! Not long to go until Treasure: History Unearthed closes on the 29th March www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

We shall have a stall at the Roman Finds Group conference at the Grosvenor Museum #Chester on 13-14 March. Lots of journals to buy at cut prices, so bring along your £5 and £10 notes (cash only, we're afraid - unless you can find a cheque book!). We look forward to seeing you!

The 2026 Viking Society for Northern Research student conference takes place at the University of Liverpool on 11 April. Includes student lectures, launch of the paperback 'Embers of the Hands' by Dr Eleanor Barraclough & plenary lecture by Prof Howard Williams @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

🚨1 week to go🚨 The Irish Language in Liverpool / An Ghaeilge cois Setei Experts from Ireland, Canada + US discuss Liverpool’s contribution to Irish English with 'cúpla focail' 📅6:30pm, 4 March 🧭Rathbone Theatre @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981144632...

Lovely to have @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social & @emlouwynjones.bsky.social sharing their skills with visitors at Museum of Liverpool this weekend! #BronzeAge #LivingHistory #ExperimentalArchaeology www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Roman Finds Group Spring Conference 2026 – Recent Roman Finds and Research from Wales and the West. Friday 13th - Saturday 14th March at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. Open to non-members. See romanfindsgroup.org.uk/event/rfg-sp... for the programme and booking.

I look forward to chatting with Neil Jackman and at this event in Dublin #archaeology #medievalsky www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-story-...

Looking forward to our day conference at Museum of Liverpool on 21 March as Treasure: History Unearthed draws to a close www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Gorgeous day to deliver at two YAC sessions & two curator tours of Treasure: History Unearthed ☀️

Visited a fantastic exhibition Sardinia The Island of Megaliths at Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya. Lovely lit images surrounding display cases gave a great sense of scale, atmosphere & impact, will have to visit Sardenya now! #StandingStoneSunday

Is this the point where we mention the "The Viking Age in the North West - Merseyside Tour"? 28 March 2026, just £5, incl entry to National Museums Liverpool for the Treasure: History Unearthed exhibition: payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-... PS: More ℹ️ on the app www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...

Exploring Barcino founded by Augustus around 10 BC, lovely stratigraphy! #Barcelona

Back to work!

With permission to share from @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social Offa's Dyke Journal open access interview between Prof Howard Williams, Paul Sherman (Director NW Heritage CIC) and me works.hcommons.org/records/6765... #medievalsky #wirral #cheshire #merseyside #archaeology

Pinched the best cracker gift!

Enjoyed doing ‘bookey-dip’ again this year, regifting books I’ve enjoyed over the year instead of Christmas cards. 📚

Looking for a Christmas present for the historian in your life (or yourself)? How about a guided tour of some of Merseyside’s Viking sites and EARTH (Experimental Archaeology Research + Teaching Hub) Just £5 including entrance to "Treasure: History Unearthed": payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-...

Lovely to see Treasure: History Unearthed celebrated as winner of the @socmusarch.bsky.social annual award for excellence in the exhibition project category. It has great to work with a fantastic team & special objects! Book your tickets here👇 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

54 years and a day apart this week two Early Medieval hoards were discovered in Cheshire. The Castle Esplanade hoard of Viking silver & Anglo-Saxon pennies, AD900-950 found #OTD in 1950 & the lovely Huxley Hoard of Viking arm rings, an ingot & lead fragments found in 2004, AD850-950 📸 me & NML

Finally had my summer holiday! Enjoying the last of the sun before flying back ✈️

Today & tomorrow living history reenactors from Wirhalh Skip Felagr will be bringing the Viking Age back to life at Museum of Liverpool👇 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

We’re proud of our Treasures collection. Some are currently on loan to the Museum of Liverpool's “Treasure: history unearthed” exhibition, bringing together artefacts at the British Museum and museums from Wales and the northwest of England. For more info go to www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson

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A great morning of wet sieving & owl pellet excavation at Mesolithic Lunt Meadows with our future prehistorians & zooarchaeologists from the Mersey & Dee YAC!

Reflecting on the docks after a Merseyside Archaeological Society lecture about their construction this evening!

⚠️1 week warning⚠️ Want to pick up Cúpla Focal or learn more about the history of the Irish Language? Join our Taster/History Session as part of #LIF2025 All welcome - no Irish required! ‪ 🗓️6pm, 22 October 2025 🧭Rendall Building @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1753116200...

My favourite type of monument!

#OTD 192 years ago the Mold cape was discovered. It is fantastic to be caring for the cape at the Museum of Liverpool until March in thanks to the British Museum. Archaeology is about people and connections, hear how the cape connects Alistair to the past👇 www.facebook.com/share/r/1BbS...

DYK: We offer a grant of £1000 every two years for the study of finds reported to findsorguk.bsky.social from #Cheshire, the results to be published in our journal. You can find out mor here: chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/grants-and-a....

Lovely to watch the Galeón Andalucía sail into Liverpool today just outside the office!

My current favourite part of the day is saying good morning to the objects I’ve read about since I was a student, and those I’ve excavated & written about over the years, in our new exhibition at Museum of Liverpool, Treasure: History Unearthed! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

The ever incredible Mold Cape is also there. Made from piece of gold alloy c.30mm x 30mm x 30mm, it never ceases to impress. It's been beautifully displayed by folks at #Liverpool Museum, who've got it on loan from British Museum. #Archaeology 🏺 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Treasure: History Unearthed at Museum of Liverpool is now open! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Besides the lovely things, there's an important story about treasure legislation at the #Liverpool Museum exhibition. You can even do a quiz to rest your knowledge of Treasure law... ... 5/5 💪 Book your tickets here: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse... #Archaeology 🏺

From the Museum of Liverpool: 'Treasure: History Unearthed' will feature largest collection of archaeological treasure ever shown in the region, with finds from the North West & Wales, celebrating archaeology & the work of Portable Antiquities Scheme. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Busy afternoon preparing the Cuerdale Hoard for display with conservation colleagues! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Lovely to head back to Mold for a day of community engagement! Looking forward to more craft and a another talk tomorrow www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/treasuring-o...

As part of our theme #OutintheField, we’re sharing recent discoveries made by National Trust archaeologists and partners alongside current fieldwork. Did you know that the Sefton Coast at Formby in Lancashire contains tantalising glimpses into the lives of our hunter-gather ancestors? 🧵