Archaeology Weekend
Royal Ontario Museum
Bloor at Queen's Park - Toronto
Free with regular admission
Come and find out what archaeologists do to make their discoveries! Meet archaeologists showing things they’ve dug up and explaining why they are important. Get up close to objects usually hidden in the museum’s vaults. Try your hand at being an archaeologist as you learn some of the skills they use in the field and labs. Then meet people who do "experimental" archaeology by trying to do things the way they were done in the past, and "living history" re-enactors of the Viking era who try to understand the past by living it!
Pewter Casting
Canada Court (Level 1)
Watch the process of how pewter is cast in a traditional method.Living History
(Third Floor Heritage Block, Level 3)The Viking Age
Experience the Viking Age with the help of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company. See how people worked and lived, and displays of experimental archaeology where people figure out how things found in the archaeological record were made and used.
DARC's presentation will include:
Iron Smelting - experimental archaeology, passive display
Glass Bead Making - experimental archaeology, passive display
Cloth to Clothing - experimental archaeology, passive display.
Tablet Weaving - living history / craft presentation
Domestic Life - living history / 'sea chest'
Sheep to Shawl (Warp Weighted Loom) - living history / craft presentation
See the rest of the programming available on the ROM web site
My personal piece of this (besides organizing and logistics) is the highlighted Metal Casting presentation.
See you there?
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