Identification
Collections Study Centre
Whether it is a coin, an unusual rock, or anything else that relates to our collections, bring your mystery objects to the Collections Study Centre for our free identification service. You will be asked to leave your object at the Museum for our curators to identify. Please note we cannot give valuations.
*Please remember to collect items left for identification. The Museum will dispose of all uncollected items after 6 months.
Rock Drop - drop-in Geology Identification sessions
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Collections Study Centre on the dates below to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.
Come along on:
Thursday 21 March 2013, 2-3pm
Thursday 30 May 2013, 2-3pm
Thursday 27 June 2013, 2-3pm
Thursday 18 July 2013, 2-3pm
Thursday 22 August 2013, 2-3pm
Thursday 26 September, 2-3pm
Thursday 24 October, 2-3pm
Thursday 28 November, 2-3pm
Thursday 12 December, 2-3pm
Dig It – drop-in Archaeology Identification sessions
Our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, will be in the Collections Study Centre on the dates below to answer your questions and identify your archaeological finds.
Come along on:
Friday 15 March 2013, 12-1pm
Friday 19 April 2013, 12-1pm
Friday 10 May 2013, 12-1pm (CANCELLED)
Friday 21 June 2013, 12-1pm
Friday 19 July 2013, 12-1pm
Friday 16 August 2013, 12-1pm
Friday 20 September, 12-1pm
Friday 18 October, 12-1pm
Friday 15 November, 12-1pm
Friday 13 December, 12-1pm
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Vanessa Oakden, the Portable Antiquities Scheme's Finds Liaison Officer, is currently on maternity leave. In Vanessa’s absence, Bryan Sitch will be recording all archaeological objects found in England and Wales which date from before 1700. during his monthly drop-in sessions listed above.
