Rotherhithe Young Archaeologists Club
The YAC in Rotherhithe meets at the Pumphouse Educational Museum (Curator Caroline Marais), Lavender Pond, Lavender Road, Rotherhithe on the last Saturday of the month and is part of the CBA network for the promotion of archaeology.
We meet January to July with a summer break in August and resume again in September through to December. Our December meeting is usually the venue for a festive party.
The age range of the children is between 8 and 16 and we currently have 10, although the maximum capacity is for 20, so there are vacancies if any child is interested. There is a nominal fee that we ask to cover the cost of trips out and visiting speakers. The fee will be £3.00 per member from January 2008.
We have a wide range of activities. Over the last 2 years these have included walking the foreshore to collect archaeological objects washed up at low tide on the Thames; looking at and identifying animal bones; helping with the construction of a Saxon artisans dwelling in the grounds of the Pumphouse, attending an ancient music workshop, visits to museums and historical places and working on the Museum of London Community dig.
For 2008 we have a programme that will cover the topic of human bone and pathology starting with a visit to the Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret in St Thomas’s Street in January and another trip to to the Museum of London Community dig.
Contact details
Contact for those interested in joining the club can be made to:
Caroline Marais
Pumphouse
tel: 0207 231 2976
email: c.marais@btclick.com
Portia Askew
Museum of London YAC Leader
tel: 0207 410 2263
email: portiaa@molas.org.uk
Tim Bultitude
YAC Assistant Leader
tel: 07808 727 203
email: t.bultitude@live.co.uk
Note
All adult staff involved in the YAC have undergone the enhanced searches required by the Criminal Records Office, in order to clear them to work with children.