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Please take the time to visit some of our other galleries particularly the display on Margate's historic pier and the remains of the World War I wharfs at Stonar. Don't forget the Roman Painted Wall Plaster display where you can see some of the
beautiful painted plaster from the Abbey Farm Villa. Give them a try!

The Trust's website and Virtual Museum are now being preserved by the British Library as part of their digital preservation initiative. Hopefully this will preserve the museum as a Virtual resource for perpetuity!

Visitor numbers to the Virtual Museum continue to grow. We are sorry that some of the Galleries have not been developed as fast as we would like but as regular visitors will know the Museum is unfunded and is a labour of love for those of us who value Thanet's archaeology.

The Bronze Age gallery has been updated with a new display added on the roundbarrows of Thanet. Follow the links carefully as there is a great deal of information on these significant burial monuments.

The Neolithic gallery has a new display on stone and flint axes with a review of what we know at the moment about these artefacts.

Once again thank you for visiting the Virtual Museum, we are working on a number of updates and new galleries and hope to bring you more on the later periods in Thanet's archaeological story soon.

A new display has been added to the virtual museum showing the results of a project to record and display the fragments of painted wall plaster found at the Abbey Farm Villa, Minster-in-Thanet.

Follow this link to the Roman Painted Wall Plaster display

On Friday the 16th of June Mrs. Muriel Addington was weeding a flowerbed in the front garden of her house in Canterbury Road, Westbrook near Margate when she unearthed this wonderful flint arrowhead (pictured below). It dates to the Early Bronze Age and is around 4000 years old.

Interest in our website continues to grow with visitors from all over the world now able to find out more about the Archaeology of the Isle of Thanet.

Please keep visiting and bear with us as we make slow progress in updating the site with more galleries and displays.

Tell your friends about Thanet's Virtual Museum!

Wewill be adding a feedback area to the site soon and would welcome your comments and suggestions.

New additions to the Margate Pier display in the Industrial period gallery include a new display of historic images and a small display on the 1953 storm damage.

New display in the modern gallery on Stonar Cut.

Updates have been added to the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Beaker galleries.

Further Beaker, Iron Age and Roman galleries are planned in the next few months.


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		26/09/06 Updates to Galleries The Neolithic gallery has new displays on Henge Monuments on Thanet. Please take the time to visit some of our other galleries particularly the display on Margate's historic pier and the remains of the World War I wharfs at Stonar. Don't forget the Roman Painted Wall Plaster display where you can see some of the beautiful painted plaster from the Abbey Farm Villa. Give them a try! British Library The Trust's website and Virtual Museum are now being preserved by the British Library as part of their digital preservation initiative. Hopefully this will preserve the museum as a Virtual resource for perpetuity! Visitors Visitor numbers to the Virtual Museum continue to grow. We are sorry that some of the Galleries have not been developed as fast as we would like but as regular visitors will know the Museum is unfunded and is a labour of love for those of us who value Thanet's archaeology.
		17/08/06 Updates to Galleries The Bronze Age gallery has been updated with a new display added on the roundbarrows of Thanet. Follow the links carefully as there is a great deal of information on these significant burial monuments. The Neolithic gallery has a new display on stone and flint axes with a review of what we know at the moment about these artefacts. Once again thank you for visiting the Virtual Museum, we are working on a number of updates and new galleries and hope to bring you more on the later periods in Thanet's archaeological story soon.
		16/07/06 New Display of Roman Painted Wall Plaster

		A new display has been added to the virtual museum showing the results of a project to record and display the fragments of painted wall plaster found at the Abbey Farm Villa, Minster-in-Thanet. Follow this link to the Roman Painted Wall Plaster display

		26/06/06 Public Lecture on Ice Age Kent During the Ice Age England looked very different to today

		Find out about Kent in the Ice Age at a Public Lecture on: Ice Age Environments and the Ancients in Kent By Dr. Barbara Silva University of London and the Ice Age Network. Held by Thanet Archaeological Society at Broadstairs Campus Canterbury Christchurch University Westwood Road Broadstairs On Thursday 13th July 2006 Doors open at 7:15 pm Talk commencing at 7:45 pm Admission £3.50; Students £2.50 Ample free car parking. Advance bookings can be made by calling the Thanet Archaeological Society’s voicemail on 07906 360725 and leaving your name, address and phone number and the number of tickets required. Or writing to: The Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society. Crampton Tower Yard, High Street, Broadstairs. Charity No. 275659 For more information on the Ice Age in England visit the Ice Age Network website at www.iceage.org.uk
		25/05/06 Updates to Galleries The Bronze Age gallery has been opened with a Curator's introduction Bronze Age Thanet.
		21/06/06 Early Bronze Age Find at Westbrook On Friday the 16th of June Mrs. Muriel Addington was weeding a flowerbed in the front garden of her house in Canterbury Road, Westbrook near Margate when she unearthed this wonderful flint arrowhead (pictured below). It dates to the Early Bronze Age and is around 4000 years old.

		The arrowhead is of high quality and was made by a very skilled flintknapper. It joins a select group of only eight other barbed and tanged flint arrowheads currently known to have been found on Thanet. These will be the subject of a future Display in the Bronze Age Gallery. We are very grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Addington for contacting the Trust to let us know about this important discovery and giving us the opportunity to record its existence in Thanet's Sites and Monuments Register. If you would like to see this arrowhead 'in the flesh' then why not come to Thanet Archaeological Society's 'Meet the Local Archaeologists' event which will be held at Westbrook this November, where Mrs. Addington has kindly agreed to allow the temporary exhibition of the arrowhead (more details nearer the time - watch this space).
		Updates to Galleries The Beaker Period gallery has been updated again with revised text and new Radiocarbon Dates. Further updates are in preparation.
		Thank You for Your Support Interest in our website continues to grow with visitors from all over the world now able to find out more about the Archaeology of the Isle of Thanet. Please keep visiting and bear with us as we make slow progress in updating the site with more galleries and displays. Tell your friends about Thanet's Virtual Museum! Wewill be adding a feedback area to the site soon and would welcome your comments and suggestions.
		14/05/06 Updates to Galleries The Medieval Gallery has been opened with a Curator's introduction to Medieval Thanet.
		07/05/06 Updates to Galleries The Beaker Period gallery has been updated with an additional display. Further updates are in preparation.
		24/04/06 Updates to Galleries New additions to the Margate Pier display in the Industrial period gallery include a new display of historic images and a small display on the 1953 storm damage. New display in the modern gallery on Stonar Cut. Updates have been added to the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Beaker galleries. Further Beaker, Iron Age and Roman galleries are planned in the next few months.
		22/01/06 Latest News The Trust for Thanet Archaeology Website and Virtual Museum were launched on Friday 25th February 2005. Since then we have added several new galleries and displays to the museum but sadly some have remained closed for refurbishment. Since the launch of the website many people have visited and the story of Thanet's archaeology has reached people all over the world. The Trust for Thanet Archaeology is a charity and we recieve no funding at the moment for maintaining the Trust's Website and the Virtual Museum and updates have to be carried out between the commercial archaeological jobs that sustain the organisation. We would like to thank all those that have visited the site and would encourage you to keep visiting us regularly so we can demonstrate the level of interest that there is in Thanet's Archaeology. Thank you for visiting! Top

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