JAMCam: VIP: Very Important Purrrrson
Week one of Post Excavation has wrapped up and we’ve made a huge amount of progress. We were joined this week by our colleagues from ARS as part of a two-weeks intensive training block (for which volunteer spaces for next week can be found by following the link here, or so I’m told), who have […]
Winter Closure
We’ll be shutting our doors for our annual winter closure from Monday 1st December 2025 until we reopen on Thursday 5th February, with a Reopening Weekend planned for Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th February 2026. Our closure comes a little earlier than usual this year so that we can fit in some essential maintenance works […]
JAMCam: Jarroweeeeeen!
Happy Jarroween everyone! I hope every Goblin and Ghoul reading is having an absolutely spooktacular time, from the bottom of my cold, dead, zombie heart. As we move into the Post Excavation phase of JAM (for which there are still plenty of spaces to sign up to by following this link), we will start […]
JAM Lovers Assemble!
It is finally time to start cataloging the finds recovered this September by the Jarrow Archaeological Mission. This means washing, sorting, weighing, marking, accessioning and maybe even doing a sneaky little bit of research. Post-Excavation work is the part of archaeology you typically don’t see, and is suited to people you enjoy a calm, indoors, […]
October Half Term
This October Half Term (27th Oct – 2nd Nov) we’re extending our opening hours again and are open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Creating a New Woodland Walk on the Farm
Members of our Green Gym have had a busy couple of months at Jarrow Hall, developing new areas around the farm and village and helping out on our JAM dig in September. Our green exercise volunteers have recently completed work on the bushcraft area near our reconstructed village, with the addition of a mini woodland […]