17th November 2008, 01:00 PM
As a stop gap just now... until we formalise it.. here is a list of courses.
They range from education to thatching and drystone walling, from conservation stonemasons to limework. The one caveat I must stress is that short weekend or week courses will only give you a flavour....
A full course / apprenticeship will run for perhaps 4 years. so this is no quick fix... but be a long term commitment.
Think long and hard about where you are now... where you feel you want to go... and perhaps try out a short course if you want to find out whether clinging to a thatched roof in winter is a good move?
Anyway ... thanks to Maggie of Past Horizons for grabbing this quick list:
East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership
http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandt...efault.htm
York Archaeological Trust â Dig Hungate
http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/hu...about1.htm
Cressing Temple
http://www.cressingtemple.org.uk/Courses...uction.htm
Dorset Centre for Rural Skills
http://www.dorsetruralskills.co.uk/courses.htm
National Stone Centre
http://www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk/tr...lling.html
College of the Peak
http://www.collegeofthepeak.org.uk/ag.html
The Flintman Company
http://www.flintman.co.uk/
York Short Courses
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/Profess...sional.htm
International Academic Projects
http://www.academicprojects.co.uk/
CPD courses Ironbridge Institute
http://www.ironbridge.bham.ac.uk/histori...onment.htm
The Scottish Lime Centre
http://www.scotlime.org
The Welsh Centre for Traditional and Ecological Building
http://www.lime.org.uk/courses_books/Courses.asp
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Courses/adult...cation.htm
Historic Scotland Fellowship and Internship Programme
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/inde...gramme.htm
NTS Culzean Castle stonemason apprenticeship
http://www.nts.org.uk/Conserve/buildings_training.php
NTS Thistle Camps
http://www.nts.org.uk/ThistleCamps
National Museums Liverpool
An introduction to laser cleaning in conservation
An introduction to laser scanning in the heritage field
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conse...urses.aspx
Historic Environment Traineeship (HET) Scheme
http://www.helm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.14108
Grampus Heritage
http://www.grampusheritage.co.uk
University of Bristol Short Courses
http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/continuing/shortcourses
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
They range from education to thatching and drystone walling, from conservation stonemasons to limework. The one caveat I must stress is that short weekend or week courses will only give you a flavour....
A full course / apprenticeship will run for perhaps 4 years. so this is no quick fix... but be a long term commitment.
Think long and hard about where you are now... where you feel you want to go... and perhaps try out a short course if you want to find out whether clinging to a thatched roof in winter is a good move?
Anyway ... thanks to Maggie of Past Horizons for grabbing this quick list:
East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership
http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandt...efault.htm
York Archaeological Trust â Dig Hungate
http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/hu...about1.htm
Cressing Temple
http://www.cressingtemple.org.uk/Courses...uction.htm
Dorset Centre for Rural Skills
http://www.dorsetruralskills.co.uk/courses.htm
National Stone Centre
http://www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk/tr...lling.html
College of the Peak
http://www.collegeofthepeak.org.uk/ag.html
The Flintman Company
http://www.flintman.co.uk/
York Short Courses
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/Profess...sional.htm
International Academic Projects
http://www.academicprojects.co.uk/
CPD courses Ironbridge Institute
http://www.ironbridge.bham.ac.uk/histori...onment.htm
The Scottish Lime Centre
http://www.scotlime.org
The Welsh Centre for Traditional and Ecological Building
http://www.lime.org.uk/courses_books/Courses.asp
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Courses/adult...cation.htm
Historic Scotland Fellowship and Internship Programme
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/inde...gramme.htm
NTS Culzean Castle stonemason apprenticeship
http://www.nts.org.uk/Conserve/buildings_training.php
NTS Thistle Camps
http://www.nts.org.uk/ThistleCamps
National Museums Liverpool
An introduction to laser cleaning in conservation
An introduction to laser scanning in the heritage field
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conse...urses.aspx
Historic Environment Traineeship (HET) Scheme
http://www.helm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.14108
Grampus Heritage
http://www.grampusheritage.co.uk
University of Bristol Short Courses
http://www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/continuing/shortcourses
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he
Thomas Rainborough 1647
Thomas Rainborough 1647