Conferences
A broad field: antiquarianism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century
Dr David Clarke, former Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museums of Scotland
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required.
Date: 30th October 2013
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
In the bicentenary year of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne – the oldest provincial antiquarian society in Britain – this lecture looks at the founding of the Society and at how its interests, attitudes and approaches changed over the centuries.
