Discover blacksmithing through the ages! Join us for a weekend of metalworking in action, and explore this craft from its invention right up to the modern era as Butser Ancient Farm is taken over by over 50 blacksmiths!
The theme of this year's Fest
I am a PhD Candidate in the Scandinavian Studies Department at University College London, England. My main project involves interdisciplinary archaeological research focusing on specifics of early medieval textiles and trade in Northern Europe.
I was working from 6/2000 until 5/2023 as a director of Kierikki Centre and was active in EXARC meetings and OpenArch-project.
I'm an old lady. I spin. I weave. I sew. I burrow ever deeper into the Iron Age Anglo-Saxon fiber processing and weaving rabbit hole.
Wednesday 16th August 2023
This Open Day will be led by our volunteers and give a chance to see how they have helped to develop our site. There will be heritage skills demonstrations and have a go, site tours, tea and coffee in the longhouse and a storyteller in the Earthouse.
Join me for a relaxing day of painting and learning about the weird and wonderful world of mediaeval manuscripts
Using authentic materials you'll learn how to put quill to parchment and create your own manuscript. The workshop is from 10am to 4pm and will cover the following:
This year, the Open Monuments Weekend is entirely devoted to the Caesar festivities. The festivals that are only organized once every 25 years, in Velzeke! They go back to the origins of Belgium. Historical figures were - literally and figuratively - placed on a pedestal. In 1873 Velzeke unpacks with a suit of armor in honor of Julius Caesar.
Stichting Erfgoedpark Batavialand
att. EXARC
Postbus 119
8200 AC Lelystad
the Netherlands
Phone: +(31) 6 40263273
Website: EXARC.net
Email: info@exarc.net
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