Thames Discovery Programme
29 July, 2009
Gallery tour of the Roman Thames at the Museum of London 29/07/09
30 July, 2009
Gallery tour of the Museum of London medieval galleries looking at Thames finds. 30/07/09.
2 August, 2009
Join the Museum of London and long-term resident Brian Grover of a tour of the West India docks area 02/08/09
2 August, 2009
Try sorting and identifying objects found on the foreshore in this workshop run by the Thames Discovery Programme at the Museum in Docklands 02/08/09.
3 August, 2009
The 2009 Festival of British Archaeology
5 August, 2009
Explore historic Limehouse, haunt of Charles Dickens and the first ever Chinatown in London with local resident Brian Glover on Wednesday 5th August at 6pm.
12 August, 2009
Join the Museum of London and Matt Martin for a tour of North Greenwich exploring its industrial history and recent regeneration on 12/08/09.
3 September, 2009
Ceramics study day at Birkbeck College 03/10/09.
3 September, 2009
Guided gallery tour, revisiting the drama and devastation of the docks during wartime at the Museum in Docklands Thursday 3rd September 2009.
5 September, 2009
Discover the chequered history of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship, the SS Great Eastern, on the 150th Anniversary of her launch. Museum in Docklands Saturday 5th September 2009 at 12.30 & 3pm.
5 September, 2009
Lecture by the Thames Discovery Programme on the latest discoveries at Charlton on Saturday 5th September at 2pm.
10 September, 2009
Guided foreshore walk by Gustav Milne at Bermondsey on 10/09/09 at 10.30am.
12 September, 2009
The Mayor’s Thames Festival 12th & 13th September 2009
18 September, 2009
Updated information about the TDP/FROG 2009 summer season of fieldwork
23 September, 2009
Between The Locks, a two-year oral history project, is hosting a reminiscence morning, River-niscence, on 23/09/09 at Vestry Hall, Paradise Road in Richmond from 10:30am-12:30pm.
30 September, 2009
Birkbeck courses taught by Dr Stuart Brookes.
30 September, 2009
Port of London course running from September 2009 taught by TDP staff members Gustav Milne and Stuart Brookes.
30 September, 2009
Thames Discovery Programme talk at the Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society 30/09/09
1 October, 2009
Nat Cohen’s City University archaeology courses starting on October 2009.
10 October, 2009
Day 1 FROG training on 10th October 2009
19 October, 2009
Celebrate Black History Month and find out more about the Black heritage of Deptford, Greenwich and the River Thames on a guided walk on 19/10/09 at 2pm outside St Nicholas’ Church, Deptford.
13 November, 2009
Woodlands, Trees, and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World Conference at UCL 13th – 15th November 2009.
13 November, 2009
Talk on digital outreach/participation in archaeology by Lorna Richardson at the Richmond Archaeology Society 13/11/09.
14 November, 2009
Thames Discovery Programme’s first conference, the “Foreshore Forum” will take place on 14th November 2009 at UCL.
21 November, 2009
Explore the foreshore and lock at Richmond with the Environment Trust for Richmond-on-Thames 21/11/09
11 December, 2009
Join the Thames Discovery Programme at the Environment Institute UCL, for an early Winter celebration with mulled wine and mince pies and a special lecture by the TDP Project Director Gustav Milne. 11/12/09 from 6pm onwards .
12 January, 2010
A lecture by Nathalie Cohen and Phil Emery for the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society 12/01/10 6pm – 7.30pm. Museum of London Clore Learning Centre EC2.
18 January, 2010
Find out how, why and where there is archaeology on the Thames foreshore with Eliott Wragg, the TDP Field Officer. 18/01/10 6pm – 7.30pm at LAARC.
19 January, 2010
Seminar on human remains research in London at Institute of Archaeology, UCL. 19/01/10 at 5pm. All welcome.
21 January, 2010
FREE workshops at the British Library, ideal for anyone interested in taking part in the TDP’s Riverpedia project.
23 January, 2010
This event is now fully booked
25 January, 2010
Lecture by Andy Hawkins from the Thames Explorer Trust about the dirtier, seamier side of the river Thames. 25/01/10 6pm – 7.30pm at LAARC.
2 February, 2010
The Royal Holloway University of London’s Creative Campus Initiative Cultural Olympiad from March 2010
8 February, 2010
Seminar on the 12th century Greenwich Tide Mill by MOLA. 08/02/10
15 February, 2010
The Thames Under Fire: on the Frontline of the London Blitz. Seminar on the archaeology of the Thames at war by Gabriel Moshenska 6 – 7pm on 15/02/10.
17 February, 2010
17/02/10, 11am onwards. Family oriented Remarkable Rivers fun day with UCL Museums.
22 February, 2010
Thames series seminar on the history of the relationship of the Black community with the river Thames in London by author S. I Martin at LAARC in Shoreditch. All welcome!
22 February, 2010
Council for British Archaeology “Archaeology Under the Seas” day workshop on 22nd February 2010 from 11am.
23 February, 2010
Thames Explorer Trust Guided Walks for 2009 – 2010
23 February, 2010
Gallery tour at the Museum in Docklands 23/04/10 at 2pm.
27 February, 2010
27th February 2010 10am – 4.30pm. Animal bones workshop led by Bexley Archaeological Group.
6 March, 2010
Films made in 1924 of the East End of London on the Regents Canal in 1924, with London docklands bustling with ships unloading goods from the four corners of the world and Basil Wright’s evocative portrait of the Port of London, made for the Festival of Britain in the 1950’s.
9 March, 2010
Free UCL Lunch Hour Lecture with Dr Andrew Gardner. 09/03/10 from 1.15 – 1.55pm. All Welcome.
13 March, 2010
13th March 2010 LAMAS 47th Annual Conference of London Archaeologists at the Weston Theatre, Museum of London.
13 March, 2010
13th March 2010. Workshop on Black British social, cultural and political history from 1945 to the present, led by Dr Eleni Liarou from Birkbeck College’s Department of History of Art & Screen Media at Hackney Archives.
14 March, 2010
AD 410 The End of Roman Britain
Roman Society & Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure conference, British Museum, March 13-14, 2010
15 March, 2010
15th March 2010 Thames Seminar by Dr. Fiona Haughey “The Future is Wet” 6pm – 7.30pm at LAARC, Shoreditch.
18 March, 2010
18th March 2010 at 7.30pm. Lecture at the Bishopsgate Institute by Philip Davies, Planning & Development Drector at English Heritage on the transformation of London from the Victorian Age to the Second World War.
20 March, 2010
20th & 21st March 2010: Hermitage River Projects Open Weekend, in association with the Thames Discovery Programme at Hermitage Moorings, Wapping. A unique opportunity to discover more about London’s maritime heritage & historic river craft, all just a short stroll from the Tower of London!
21 March, 2010
‘The Port of London AD60 to AD1485’ Birkbeck weekend school on 21st & 22nd March 2010.
21 March, 2010
Museum of London guided walk of the poetic side of London’s Docklands
21 March, 2010
Deptford Creek walks Winter – Spring 2010
22 March, 2010
22nd March 2010 Thames Seminar: A Right Royal River? A History of The Crown Estate and the River Thames by Neil Jacobson 6 – 7pm at LAARC, Shoreditch.
25 March, 2010
An evening Thames focussed event with an exhibition of the work of a number of river organisations, with talks and a reception hosted by Bamber Gascoinge, patron of the Richmond Environment Trust.
27 March, 2010
Saturday 27th March 2010 10am – 4.30pm. Ancient woodworking techniques workshop led by Dr. Damian Goodburn with the Bexley Archaeological Group.
29 March, 2010
6 – 7pm 29th March 2010. Join Dr Stuart Brookes from University College London’s Institute of Archaeology for a lecture on the Viking Age Thames and its role in war and civil defence.
12 April, 2010
Birkbeck College module exploring London as an imperial city using museum resources & archives. 6.30 – 8.30pm at the Bishopsgate Institute from 12th April 2010 for 11 meetings.
17 April, 2010
Museum of London guided walk 17/04/10
20 April, 2010
Birkbeck College Short Course at the Museum of Childhood examining the development of the East End since the 16th century. 11 meetings from 20th April 2010.
25 April, 2010
A Museum of London guided walk of the diverse communities that have settled around the West India Docks 3.30pm – 5pm. 25/04/10.
26 April, 2010
Museum of London gallery tour of the Prehistoric artefacts from the Thames.
29 April, 2010
29th April 2010 Seminar at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology “Shipwrecks of the Klondike Goldrush” in association with the Nautical Archaeology Society.
19 June, 2010
Birkbeck Study Day Small Finds – Interpreting Material Culture from Excavated Artefacts 19/06/10.
2 August, 2010
Bexley Archaeological Group’s annual training excavation Monday 2nd – Friday 6th August 2010.
25 December, 2010
Archaeology courses in the London area
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