JAMCam: Deep Excavations and FAQs
With just one week left to go, we’re seeing real progress down at the dig site. We’ve finally broken past the modern deposits at both the North and South ends of our main trench. Image: Excavating intact 18th/17th century deposits Northern end of Trench 1. We can be reasonably confident in dating these deposits as […]
Spotlight: Finds from our YAC Excavations
Welcome to our first spotlight! What are spotlights, I hear you cry? Did you know that in a lot of museums, the majority of their objects aren’t on display? According to ICOM (the International Council of Museums), 70% of museums had less then 15% of their collections on display. The British Museum displays only 1% […]
JAMCam: The Week the Weather Gods Almost Smiled on Us
Before we get to the updates, we want to let you know that as part of Heritage Open days we will be offering a site tour and object handling tomorrow at 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30. We will also be joined by the Tyneside Metal Detecting Association, so come on down if you can. As the […]
JAMCam: Rations and Rationality
And so, the first official week of JAM has reached its conclusion, and by gosh was it beyond expectations. Image: The skull of the Venerable Bede himself! You may have seen our early update in the week, and we at Jarrow Hall commend and honestly admire the people of Jarrow’s commitment to the bit. […]
Opening Hours
From 8th September our museum is back to its regular opening hours, Thursday to Sunday 10:00-16:00.
Breaking Ground at the Excavation
Yesterday we were delighted to have the Mayor and Mayoress of South Tyneside visit us for our Breaking Ground event in Drewetts Park. Final preparations were underway as our archaeology team of volunteers and staff finished de-turfing the trench areas ahead of the official community excavation beginning this week. We were also joined by trustees, […]