The Trust for Thanet Archaeology and the Isle of Thanet Archaeological society will be holding their annual Meet the Archaeologist event.

Displays of Recent Archaeological Finds
Current Society projects
Historic Costumes
Publications/Book stall
Competitions

Come and find out what your local archaeologists have been doing in Thanet. Find out how you can join up and take part in Thanet's archaeological community.

Two major new updates have been added to the Iron Age and Roman Galleries. A display by David Holman on Iron Age coins in Thanet and a series of displays on the Roman Buildings of Thanet including updates on the Abbey Farm Roman Villa.

In the Medieval gallery there is a newe display on the Misericords (carved brackets on the undersides of seats which were used by monks during church services) of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Minster in Thanet.

Visit the new displays here:

Iron Age Coins in Thanet


Roman Buildings in Thanet

Thanet's Post medieval History

For further information on the content of the new gallery Margaret Bolton has just published a book:

The Isle of Thanet: Its History, People and Buildings

Situated on the south east tip of England, the Isle of Thanet has been called the cradle of England's civilisation. This volume looks at the way its people have contributed to that history. It considers changing patterns of daily life looking at wages, population change, disease, employment opportunities and trade. There are accounts of how people survived on the home front in the world wars and in the Napoleonic era when Thanet was on the forefront of the struggle. There are extracts of diaries kept by Thanet men who served in the Crimea, with Nelson, in the Boer War, in the Battle of Britain, and who experienced events such as the Christmas Day truce of 1914 and the Battle of the Somme. Attention is given to surviving evidence for each period back to the Conquest with studies made of selected documents and buildings. Incorporating the most up to date research, this book seeks to present an overview of regional social history in a popular manner.

Profits from the book have kindly been donated by Margaret to the Trust for Thanet Archaeology.

You can buy the book from Lulu.com for £10.00:

http://www.lulu.com/content/543891

Please visit the gallery and buy the book!

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!

Thanet's Post medieval History

For further information on the content of the new gallery Margaret Bolton has just published a book:

The Isle of Thanet: Its History, People and Buildings

Situated on the south east tip of England, the Isle of Thanet has been called the cradle of England's civilisation. This volume looks at the way its people have contributed to that history. It considers changing patterns of daily life looking at wages, population change, disease, employment opportunities and trade. There are accounts of how people survived on the home front in the world wars and in the Napoleonic era when Thanet was on the forefront of the struggle. There are extracts of diaries kept by Thanet men who served in the Crimea, with Nelson, in the Boer War, in the Battle of Britain, and who experienced events such as the Christmas Day truce of 1914 and the Battle of the Somme. Attention is given to surviving evidence for each period back to the Conquest with studies made of selected documents and buildings. Incorporating the most up to date research, this book seeks to present an overview of regional social history in a popular manner.

Profits from the book have kindly been donated by Margaret to the Trust for Thanet Archaeology.

You can buy the book from Lulu.com for £10.00 follow this link to the Lule website:

http://www.lulu.com/content/543891

Please visit the gallery and buy the book!