Making History
300 YEARS OF ANTIQUARIES IN BRITAIN

Rare objects from the collections of the Society of Antiquaries are touring the UK for the first time in the special exhibition, Making History: 300 years of antiquaries in Britain, opening on 11 July 2009 at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. For details of all venues and dates, see our Making History website, where you can see pictures of the exhibits, explore our interactive timeline of 'Making History Milestones', and unwrap the 15th-century Roll Chronicle that is one of the major features of the exhibition. 'Making History' is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Hill  Hall and Mosaics III
new books from the Society

Hill Hall, by Paul Drury and Richard Simpson, tells how Sir Thomas Smith (1512–77), rebuilt his Essex home from 1557 to create one of England’s first Renaissance houses, conveying complex moral and political messages through wall paintings of Cupid and Psyche and King Hezekiah.

Volume III in the complete corpus of Roman Mosaics of Britain, by David Neal and Stephen Cosh, covers the some of the country’s most impressive mosaics, including those from the cities of Colchester, Silchester, London and Verulamium and of the villas and palaces at Brading, Bignor, Fishbourne and Rockbourne.

SALON
News from the Heritage World

Read Salon (the Society of Antiquaries of London's Online Newsletter) for the latest heritage news, including the one in seven conservation areas that are under threat and the 18 per cent of scheduled monuments, the collapse of the Lancaster public inquiry, a progress report on the Coroners and Justice Bill, letters to The Times on the future of the Textile Conservation Centre, views on the draft version of 'Scottish Planning Policy 23: Planning and the Historic Environment', the designation of the Pontcysyllte aqueduct as a World Heritage Site and the removal of Dresden from the list, and details of the York Viking hoard appeal.