Community excavations

The Museum Of London aims to carry out at least one community excavation each year. Since 2005 we have engaged with over 2500 members of the community, enabling them to experience being an archaeologist. Our excavations span all areas of London, with participants ranging from school classes to community groups, 8 year olds to 80 year olds.

The community dig is your chance to come and join in digging, finds washing and uncovering local history. Our past digs have taken place in parks in Shoreditch, Hackney and Bruce Castle, Tottenham. Last year we dug up part of the Michael Faraday Primary School playground in Southwark. There was no community dig in 2008, but this year there was a community dig at Arnold Circus, Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets from 29 June 2009 to 2 July 2009.

Follow the links on the left to find out about our projects over the past three years, and to access recent information about this year's project at Arnold Circus.