25th July 2008, 12:21 PM
Somebody said about the Olympics:
"So all the Lottery money's been eaten up eaten up for with nothing to go into archaeology for a long while"
I am bored with bash the Olympics rubbish. A few facts:
1. Very little lottery money goes into professional archaeology projects (museums and attractions yes archaeology no).
2. There is a massive archaeological project for the Olympics going on by MOLAS and PCA and has been for years.
3. There are numerous other archaeological projects associated with the upgrading of sports facilities up and down the country.
4. Olympic games tend to make a profit.
5. There is also the Cultural Olympics to consider.
6. Weymouth the venue for the sailing events has already established a heritage and culture festival as a precussor to 2012 and hope to grow the event ready for 2012 and continue it afterwards. They are following the example of Keil in Germany and the festival established at the Munich Olympics.
7. Much of the money for the Olympics comes from outside the UK and thus represents a massive inward investment in the UK economy.
Dr Peter Wardle
(Who would like to explain in more detail but is not allowed to)
"So all the Lottery money's been eaten up eaten up for with nothing to go into archaeology for a long while"
I am bored with bash the Olympics rubbish. A few facts:
1. Very little lottery money goes into professional archaeology projects (museums and attractions yes archaeology no).
2. There is a massive archaeological project for the Olympics going on by MOLAS and PCA and has been for years.
3. There are numerous other archaeological projects associated with the upgrading of sports facilities up and down the country.
4. Olympic games tend to make a profit.
5. There is also the Cultural Olympics to consider.
6. Weymouth the venue for the sailing events has already established a heritage and culture festival as a precussor to 2012 and hope to grow the event ready for 2012 and continue it afterwards. They are following the example of Keil in Germany and the festival established at the Munich Olympics.
7. Much of the money for the Olympics comes from outside the UK and thus represents a massive inward investment in the UK economy.
Dr Peter Wardle
(Who would like to explain in more detail but is not allowed to)