New Futures for Birmingham`s Historic Buildings

Insight into Photography of the Staffordshire Hoard

Posted April 18th, 2012 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Early photos of the Staffordshire hoard (not David's - but from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) I know a pile of gold isn’t a threatened building – but we love local heritage here at the trust.  I just wanted to share some really ...

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Elizabeth reunited with historic Wallpaper at the Birmingham Back to Backs!

Posted April 16th, 2012 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Elizabeth Perkins, the Director here at the Conservation Trust,  has finally been reunited with the wallpaper that she stripped of the walls of the Back-to-Back houses in Birmingham  8 years ago!  The back to backs are run by the National trust, but ...

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Historical Techno Treasure Hunt in Birmingham – Saturday July 9th

Posted July 5th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

  Find one of these in Birmingham on Saturday Can you find the four historical characters hidden within Birmingham City Centre? The historical treasure trail is based on the growing pastime of ‘geocaching’ – using sets of coordinates, you can use mobile internet or a ...

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War Horse Gallops In for Festival of History 2011

Posted June 27th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

WW1 trench will be re-created at The Festival of History English Heritage’s Festival of History returns to Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire on Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 July for a blockbuster weekend of clashing swords, epic battles and have-a-go fun for all the family. ...

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Vote for an award for Weoley Castle

Posted May 24th, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Birmingham City Council reports that: Birmingham residents are being urged to vote for Weoley Castle Ruins after the project reached the semi-final stage in the Best Heritage category of the National Lottery Awards. Birmingham City Council completed the £1.14 million facelift last year ...

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Are you an amateur archaologist? Then July 29th 2011 is your day.

Posted May 23rd, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Wet sieving for the Staffordshire Hoard - by professional archaologists image thanks to portableantiquities on flickr. This in from the Heritage Alliance’s wonderful information service: The Day of Archaeology 2011 is an online project that aims to document what archaeologists all over the world ...

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Behind the scenes tours of the Staffordshire Hoard – £20 and selling fast.

Posted March 31st, 2011 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Staffordshire Hoard Gold dagger hilt - image from Portable Antiquities on flickr. We’ve taken this from the Birmingham News Room site: A new tour offering a behind the scenes look at the Staffordshire Hoard conservation work at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ...

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Team from the University of Birmingham involved in important Stonehenge find

Posted July 26th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

Archaeologists working in the area surrounding Stonehenge in Wiltshire have found a sister site half a mile from the famous prehistoric stone monument. A team from the University of Birmingham, as well as archaeologists from around the world, was involved in the discovery. ...

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Lecture: Archaeology of New Library Site

Posted July 5th, 2010 by Birmingham Conservation Trust with No Comments

From The Stirrer: Members of the public have a chance to delve into Birmingham’s industrial past this month when a series of  archaeological lectures reveal the findings of last year’s excavation works at the site of the new  Library of ...

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