Book on to our Behind the Scenes tour – Monday 29th July - Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service

Book on to our Behind the Scenes tour – Monday 29th July

18th July 2013

Have you ever wanted to

Read a letter sent from the Titanic…

See William Shakespeare’s Marriage Bond…

Watch our Conservator at work…

Handle archaeological finds including Roman pottery?

Join us on a ‘Behind the Scenes’ tour of Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service on

Monday 29th July at 2pm

£4 per person, tours last approx 1½ hrs.

Book your place at the ‘Explore the Past’ desk on level 2 at The Hive, phone 01905 766352, or e-mail explorethepast@worcestershire.gov.uk

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One response to “Book on to our Behind the Scenes tour – Monday 29th July”

Hugh says:

October 22, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Gorgeous!

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