A picture of St Kevin's Church at Glendalough with the overlaid text 'Glendalough Have Your Say!' with a QR code
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:
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#Ireland #Glendalough #Wicklow @nationalmons.bsky.social @opwireland.bsky.social
Not quite the Easter Bunny but a lovely ‘hare & hound’ Roman brooch from Halton 🐇
Fido the Lion - a handmade toy lion looking up out of a packing crate. His mane is soft and fluffy and his feet are inturned. He has a 'help me' expression. He belonged to, and provided much comfort to, a young girl who in 1916 had to cross the Atlantic due to the war.
Two plaster casts of the Formby prehistoric footprints
A model of a ferry boat painted in multi-coloured patches with stripes and patterns - created to honour the wartime dazzleships. It is displayed inside a packing crate with labels and storage mounts still attached.
General view of the exhibition, where visitors are looking at objects displayed in or on packing crates.
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.
A circular silver brooch on a black background. The brooch is openwork and decorated with zoomorphic designs. There is a central decorative boss and four more bosses around the edge.
The gold Mold cape on display with text and images in the background.
A display case of Viking silver. Maps are reflected in the back of the case and text to the right.
A series of 9 circular white cards with written responses from members of the public.
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 downham@liverpool.ac.uk topics include burials, queer genealogies, Orkneyinga saga, sculpture and battles. Lunch included. #medievalsky #liverpool
Thanks Ste, glad you enjoyed it. Looking forward to squeezing in two more tours this week before we close on Sunday, it’s been lovely to care for so many favourites!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it ☺️
A conference flyer with imagery of a copper axe, silver stamped armband and gold lock ring on a background of soil. In the top left corner are the words Unearthed: The Stories behind the Finds 21 March 2026 Museum of Liverpool in white on a pink background square. In the bottom right corner is the National Liverpool logo.
A twisted armband of gold with a smooth terminal end on a black background.
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 downham@liverpool.ac.uk 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!
A circular comment card held up between finger and thumb reads ‘The Mold-y Cape’ above an illustration of a stick person wearing the Mold cape and boots. Below the words ‘By Cait (Aged 30)’ are written. In the background is the gold Mold cape in a display case.
Enjoyed finding this comment card today! Not long to go until Treasure: History Unearthed closes on the 29th March
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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...
A display of replica Bronze Age axes surrounding spearheads on black cloth. To the left necklaces and pots of raw materials laid out on skins of various shades of brown. In the background a replica of the Nebra sky disc leans against a white wall.
Lovely to have @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social & @emlouwynjones.bsky.social sharing their skills with visitors at Museum of Liverpool this weekend!
#BronzeAge #LivingHistory #ExperimentalArchaeology
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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...
A view over the River Mersey towards the Wirral with dark water in the foreground, blue sky with patches of light cloud above and the dock wall in shadow on the left of the image
Gorgeous day to deliver at two YAC sessions & two curator tours of Treasure: History Unearthed ☀️
A raised yellow map of Sardinia on a circular blue base with the words Sardenya L’illa Megalitica to the left. Above a circular lit image of corbelled stones with open sky in the centre. Display cases in the background.
Four large images which are lit from behind depicting prehistoric sites and monuments from Sardenya. Display cases containing pottery and other objects are embedded in the nearest two images. A black floor and roof in the centre of the photo.
A back lit image of a light brown corbelled stone beehive shaped roof. In the right of the image a display case is embedded. The case has a black background and contains light brown coloured weights of different shapes.
A tall sandstone standing stone with four circular bosses, two at the top and two just below the centre. In the background a black floor and lit images are visible.
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-...
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An archaeological site showing two very large ceramic pots embedded in the ground with a pillar behind.
A light brown pillar on a worked block sitting on a mound of light brown Earth, a walkway is shown on the right of the image and more pillars in the background.
A wall with larger blocks of stone at the top, which are less compact towards the base of the wall. A tall rectangular pillar is in the centre used as building material.
A series of Roman walls and pillars enclosed under a modern roof with a modern walk way and railing running through the site.
Exploring Barcino founded by Augustus around 10 BC, lovely stratigraphy! #Barcelona
Sunrise over the Mersey on the left of the image reflected in the window of the Museum of Liverpool.
A view over the river Mersey facing North with the Wirral visible in the distance as the sun rises. The orange and blue sky reflects in the water of the river and tidal mud flats are visible to the left.
The river Mersey with ripples of waves, and the Wirral visible in the background. The sky is orange where it meets the land, fading lighter and then to blue with a full moon in the centre of the image.
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!
A pile of 6 books wrapped in blue and white floral wrapping paper sitting on a white surface. The roll of wrapping paper is to the left of the books. A red kettle sits on the hob in the background .
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👇
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