Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Similar good work goes on in the Study Centre at Avebury during term time especially, but also with summer schools and other groups. For those not familiar with Avebury it is a room adjacent to the Barn Gallery of the museum, available to schools and groups, and has a booking system as it is rather popular. Much the same sort of work goes on with the Young Archaeologists Club at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, and museums often have an education officer that arranges things during the week as well as the club on a Saturday morning. There is quite a collection of work of this sort in the Alexander Keiller Museum in Avebury and add to that of course adults saying they did a project drawing Silbury or measuring stones when at school. I don't know how many young archaeologist clubs there are, how many education officers, how many schools visit these sites and for that matter how many downloads there have been of the free teachers packs for Avebury and Stonehenge, but I take it cut backs aside this is all viewed positively south of the border by those professionaly involved. There are concerns about the future of county archaeological societies as well as the storage issue and future for museums, however.