Join us at the Heritage Focus Day!

On 1st June, the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub will be holding a second Heritage Focus Day and this year our keynote speaker will be Mark Horton, a leading archaeologist who you may have seen on ‘Time Team’ (Channel 4), ‘Time Flyer’ (BBC2) or ‘Coast’ (BBC2).

He will be presenting a talk aptly titled ‘My Career in Ruins’ and will be joined by representatives from Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire Libraries; The Museum of Gloucester; Stroud Museum in the Park; Gloucester Cathedral Archives and Education Centre; Cheltenham College Archives; The John Moore Countryside Museum; Cotswold Archaeology; freelance experts; Cultural Heritage Institute, Royal Agricultural University; heritage volunteers for Gloucestershire Family History Society, Gloucestershire Constabulary, the Jet Age Museum, the Canal and River Trust, Stroudwater Textiles Trust and members of the Archives and Records Association.

Heather Forbes, Head of Gloucestershire Archives is also giving a talk about her career to date. Apart from Gloucestershire, Heather has worked at London Metropolitan Archives, Hampshire Archives and was also the archivist of the beautiful Canterbury Cathedral for a number of years.  Consequently, she has overseen a variety of records, artefacts and now even a document of international significance.

This free event, which runs from 10am-4pm is an excellent opportunity to see what archivists, conservators, museum curators, librarians, archaeologists and other heritage-based professionals do on a day-to-day basis. Attendees can learn about training paths and there will also be ‘have a go’ opportunities, demonstrations, films showing throughout the day, a document display of ‘treasured archives’ from the collections held at Gloucestershire Archives and ‘behind the scenes’ tours of the archive strongrooms.

For further details and to book a place on the talks and workshops, please go to https://www.heritagehub.org.uk/events/heritage-focus-day/