The excavators:
MOLAS and the Museum of London
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were all carried out by MOLAS - that is the Museum of London
Archaeological Service and we must thank MOLAS and their staff for
all their help and ideas - notably Bruce Watson, who acted as
majordomo for us, and also to Andy Chopping and Maggie Cox, the two
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Do you have a really complicated site to excavate?
Here is a
section through the building at 1, Poultry
with the archaeology below, with the layers sloping down to the
Walbrook on the right. Above is the new
building, which was erected while the excavations
were taking place below. The excavations were finished
on time and within budget.
In doing archaeological excavations of this complexity, MOLAS
are one of the leading, if not THE
leading contractors in the world.
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Simon Thurley
Simon Thurley is the new Director of the Museum of London.
Already regarded as a star among the younger generation of museum
curators, he came to the Museum of London from the Royal Palaces,
and has already brought a welcome wind of change to the Museum.
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The London Archaeological Archive and
Research Centre
When Simon Thurley arrived, there was something of a crisis at
the Museum. The
former storehouse for archaeological material was
full, and it looked as if the Museum would no longer be able to accept
material from new excavations. However he soon discovered unused
parts of another museum store at Eagle Wharf Road, situated beside
the Grand Union Canal in Hackney, and he is launching this as an
Archive and Research Centre.
This is an entirely new concept which aims to make the store not
only accessible to professional archaeologists but opening it to
wider public, so that those who wish to study the past at first hand
can do so.
The funding still depends on a grant from the Lottery funds - so
all contributions will be gratefully received!
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pages, or the Museum of London pages
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