Information, downloads and resources relating to previous Science and Heritage Programme events and workshops will be posted on this page after each event.

Sensors and instrumentation are widely used in all areas of science and heritage, with examples of applications including environmental monitoring in museums, remote sensing and survey in archaeology and 3D scanning and data acquisition of buildings and monuments. Through a series of presentations from industrialists, heritage professionals, and researchers working in this area, this event held at the National Conservation Centre in Liverpool on December 11th 2008, in partnership with the Sensors and Instrumentation KTN aimed to:

• Raise awareness and stimulate specific ideas for potential applications of sensors and instrumentation in the heritage domain
• Understand the key drivers for the adoption of instrumentation by the heritage community 
• Showcase ideas for instrumented applications to stimulate the development of funding proposals and research partnerships
• Showcase innovative technologies that may facilitate the development of new heritage applications for sensors and instrumentation
• Provide networking opportunities for those interested in building a community of interested parties in this field

The Speed Dating Event was held on Tuesday 16^th October 2007 (2.00pm - 4.30pm) to help bring together partners from different institutions with similar interests. 

Download the dossier of participants below.

A two-day symposium to introduce the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme was held on the 10th and 11th December 2007, at Jeffrey Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London.

Position papers, transcripts of presentations and summaries of discussions are available for download below.

Held on January 23rd 2008 at the Pitt Rivers Museum, this workshop organised in partnership with the University of Oxford had the following objectives:

• To introduce a range of different methodologies in science, arts and the humanities relevant to heritage science

• To discuss the challenges facing attempts to link different methodologies and research traditions

• To identify methods for improving interdisciplinary collaboration

A briefing document, drawn up as a result of this workshop, is available to download below.

Held at Daresbury Laboratory on February 12th 2008, this event provided an opportunity to discover how the broad range of science expertise and facilities contained within the Science & Technology Facilities Council have been applied to the study and understanding of art and artefacts.

The event had the following objectives:

• To enable participants to understand how central science infrastructure is organised in the UK

• To examine the role of the STFC within the UK’s science infrastructure

• To showcase the expertise and facilities that STFC offers to answer heritage questions

• To explore how these methods and techniques can help to take your research in new and productive directions

Abstracts, presentations and posters from the event can be viewed here.

In partnership with Heritage Scotland, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh University, National Trust for Scotland and ICON, this one-day event at Edinburgh Castle featured a morning of presentations and discussion followed by a Speed-Dating for Research session in the afternoon.

The presentation session had the following objectives:

• To share the benefits of collaboration between the arts and humanities and science

• To highlight the opportunities for research clusters and research partnerships among:

• Heritage organisations

• Museums, galleries, libraries and archives

• Universities and research institutions

• Private sector and industry

• To foster the development of innovative research ideas by providing participants with opportunities to meet researchers, heritage stakeholders and private sector partners with similar interests

The SRS Users group meeting aimed to bring together the community of users of synchrotron radiation and to act as a showcase for the best SR and FEL studies being carried out by the UK community. The meeting featured international speakers discussing their current research along with opportunities for informal discussion and networking. There were four plenary lectures followed by six satellite meetings.
 
The Heritage Science satellite session, organised jointly with the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme, featured several case studies demonstrating how the broad range of science expertise and facilities contained within the Science & Technology Facilities Council have been applied to understanding art and artefacts.

Details of the full programme for this two-day event can be found on the SRS website, while details of the Cultural Heritage Satellite Session, including abstracts of some of the presentations can be found here.