Organised collaboratively with York Festival of Ideas and MySight York. Join archaeologist and broadcaster Julian Richards for an artefact-handling workshop and experience the past through a range of senses.

Archaeology is all about people like us – it’s a way of finding out about their lives through the objects they left behind. During the session, you’ll examine objects from prehistory to comparatively recent times, and explore how they were made and used, and the stories they might tell.

Come along as we bring the past to life through touch, sounds and even smells!

About the speaker

Julian Richards is an archaeologist and broadcaster who has devised and taught many courses for the visually impaired. He specialises in the prehistory of Britain and has a long-standing involvement with Stonehenge. He has directed major fieldwork projects and worked in both commercial archaeology and for English Heritage before a career change to broadcasting and education. Julian presented programmes for the BBC, both on TV (Meet the Ancestors and Blood of the Vikings on BBC2) and on radio (Mapping the Town on Radio 4). Julian is passionate about bringing the past to life and is involved in writing, devising and delivering community archaeology projects, working with schools, making non-broadcast film and curating museum exhibitions.

Booking is essential, the deadline for expressing interest is 3pm on Friday 30th May. Call 01904 636269 or email hello@mysightyork.org if you wish to attend.