Dig in Time Exhibition LogoA Dig in Time

 

A ‘Dig in Time’ is an exciting new temporary exhibition for summer 2002 and shows the most recent archaeological discoveries in Guernsey. Over the last ten years excavations all over the island have provided new information and finds which will help to piece together the story of Guernsey’s ancient past. Come and see the Lihou intaglio, the tools of the first settlers, and evidence of the first financiers in St Peter Port! Try your hand at ancient crafts and touch the past! Did you know the St Peter Port market is built on a Roman site? Visit us and find out more!

To mark the opening of the exhibition, Julian Richards (presenter of BBC2’s‘Meet the Ancestors’ which featured a burial from Lihou in one of its programmes) gave a public lecture about ‘Meet the Ancestors’ on Thursday 20th June at Elizabeth College. Footage from that programme and more information about the Lihou excavations also feature in the exhibition.

A ‘Dig in Time’ can be seen at Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery in Candie Gardens; the exhibition opened on 20th June and continues until 6th October 2002. The museum is open daily between 10.00am and 5.00pm.

There is a program of informal talks, demonstrations and educational events linked to the exhibition.
Please click here for details  in Acrobat .PDF format (72 Kb).

For more information, or if you wish to speak to Guernsey Museum's Archaeology Officer, Heather Sebire, please phone 07781 102219.

exhibition photo 1 - archaeologist figure in reconstructed trench exhibition photo 2 - general view to show style exhibition photo 3 - Lihou Priorr area exhibition photo 4 - Royal Hotel area exhibition photo 5 - Lefebvre Street showcase exhibition photo 6 - volunteers in the 'potting shed'
The start of the exhibition recreates the feel of an active archaeological site The exhibition uses graphics and text panels separated into areas by a device styled on a surveyor's ranging pole One of our local excavations, at Lihou Priory, was featured on the BBC's 'Meet the Ancestors' series Another part of the exhibition features the Royal Hotel site Finds from the Lefebvre Street excavation Archaeological volunteers help visitors get in touch with the past...

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