Archaeological finds crisis in Museums

Museums: unable to cope with archaeological finds?

Roy Friendship-Taylor, Chairman of Rescue — The British Archaeological Trust, wrote to The Times to point out that the archaeological work done by the 4,500 professional practitioners working largely for developers and paid by them for their work through the planning process is creating problems for local museums who cannot cope with the amount of material to archive,.

Some museums are refusing to accept new archaeological archives. Also there are now some counties with an effective museums service. I



Quoted in
SALON - the Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter

Salon-IFA 137: 3 April 2006




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