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Astounding Archaeological Inventions at Melksham Library

Melksham Community Campus, Market Place, Melksham, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6ES
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Come and get hands on with real Astounding Inventions from the Stone Age all the way to World War Two!

Explore with us and see how technology and techniques change throughout time!

Join our special 'Astounding archaeological inventions' workshop at Melksham Library, Wiltshire for Heritage Open Days 2022 from 4:30– 6pm, Thursday 15 September.

Stone Age to WW2 artefact handling will be used to explore the theme of 'astounding inventions' as the archaeological record shows astounding technological change throughout these periods.

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