Archaeological Research, Community, Heritage And Events
In May 2025, join us as we go Out & About exploring the archaeology of our towns and villages, forests and rivers, open spaces and terraced streets! From the 17th-25 May 2025 you can actively explore the amazing and rich archaeology and heritage across the country by joining one of our guided walks or rides, downloading and following some routes local to you, or even just exploring some of our online trails for the comfort of your own home.
Join the Historical Metallurgy Society for a weekend of all things metal! Renowned researchers and craftspeople will share their skills and knowledge at Butser Ancient Farm on the weekend of 24 and 25 May 2025. Demonstrations of various metalworkers will take place while national and international researchers are presenting big-picture overviews of their findings. In-depth talks on the history of metal objects next to the creation of ‘metal art’. There will be a raffle and an auction for replica historical metal objects. All made by our demonstrators. Auction on Sunday 25 May at 3pm. You can book your tickets via Eventbrite https://festivalofmetals.eventbrite.co.uk . You will need to scroll down the ticket list if you want to add on the Saturday evening meal (one person per group needs to be a HMS Member) See below for: List of talks, demonstrations and people involved Info about Butser Ancient Farm