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  • Details are now available of the Heritage Protection Seminar on 7 October 2008
  • The News & Events page has details of the John Hopkins commemoration on 10 October 2008 and the next Burlington House lecture on 17 October 2008
  • We are recruiting to fill the posts of Communications Officer and Development Officer, with a closing date of 10 October: see Vacancies for further information

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Making History

Exhibition posterRare objects from the collections of the Society of Antiquaries will tour the UK for the first time in the special exhibition, Making History: 300 Years of Antiquaries in Britain, opening on 4 October 2008, at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. For details of 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.

Burlington House

Work to replace the heating system is taking longer than anticipated, and though the Library will still open (to Fellows only) on 1 October, the number of desk and study spaces will be reduced and the room is likely to be noisier than Fellows are used to. Material stored in parts of the building other than the Library will not be accessible. Fellows are advised to contact the Library and check the availability of work space and materials before visiting. The Fellows Room will re-open on 20 October. The Library will re-open fully to Fellows and other researchers from 27 October, but objects in the Museum Room will not be accessible until 31 October. The Society’s meeting on 2 October will take place as planned.

SALON

Stonehenge April 2008 (2)Read Salon (the Society of Antiquaries of London's Online Newsletter) for the latest heritage news, including Stonehenge on TV, the closure of the Department of Archaeological Research at Colonial Williamsburg, the social role of a twenty-first century museum, the £200,000 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant for Shandy Hall, the nation’s top ten endangered Victorian and Edwardian buildings, the 2008 British Archaeological Awards shortlist and the appointment of Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe, FSA, as interim Chairman of English Heritage.