The Avebury Papers art commission exhibition is open from Saturday 13 June – Saturday 17 October at Southampton City Art Gallery.
Featuring: ‘Oneiric Archaeologies’ by Gayle Chong Kwan, and ‘The Bluest Eye’ by Kialy Tihngang.
Free, no booking required. See the gallery’s website for opening times [https://southamptoncityartgallery.com/whats-on/the-avebury-papers/].
Events by the artists and research team
In person. Opening day and artist Q&A: Saturday 13 June. Free/ pay what you feel, booking required: [https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/in-conversation-with-dr-gayle-chong-kwan-kialy-tihngang-and-dr-fran-allfrey/]
In person. Guided experiences of Oneiric Archaeologies with Gayle Chong Kwan. Free/ pay what you feel, booking advised.
Saturday 20 June https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/avebury-papers-solstice-activity-day-free-event/
Saturday 18 July https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/oneiric-archaeologies-xr-experience-free-event/
Saturday 22 August https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/oneiric-archaeologies-xr-experience-free-event-2/
Saturday 19 September https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/oneiric-archaeologies-xr-experience-free-event-3/
Online. Excavating Avebury with Professor Mark Gillings and Professor Josh Pollard. Wednesday 24 June 2026
7:30pm – 8:30pm. Free/ pay what you feel, booking required [https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/excavating-avebury-june-2026/]
In person. Avebury and World-building, with Dr Colleen Morgan. Saturday 19 September 2026, 11am – 12noon. Free/ pay what you feel, booking required [https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/avebury-papers-talk-world-building/]
In person. Performance Lecture with Kialy Tihngang. Saturday 3 October 2026, 2pm – 3pm. Free/ pay what you feel, booking required [https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/performance-lecture-with-kialy-tihngang/]
In person. Avebury Papers Archaeology Study Day. Saturday 10 October 2026, 10am – 3.30pm. £30, booking required [https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/avebury-papers-archaeology-study-day/]
Southampton City Art Gallery associated events, for young people, schools, and families
Saturday 20 June Avebury Papers – Solstice Activity Day FREE EVENT – Ticketing
Wednesday 8 July 2026, 11am – 12noon. OGS Crawford and His Legacy in Southampton Talk with Jo Wren. Free/ pay what you feel, booking required Avebury Papers Talk – OGS Crawford and His Legacy in Southampton Talk with Jo Wren – Ticketing
Saturday 18 July The Avebury Papers – Clay Spiral Labyrinth Workshop: FREE EVENT with Lucie Smith – Ticketing
Saturday 8 August The Avebury Papers – Fae And Folk Of Avebury: FREE ART AND WRITING EVENT with Lucie Smith – Ticketing
Thursday 20 August Art School Plus: Exploring Avebury (11-16 years) FREE COURSE – Ticketing
Friday 21 August Junior Art School: Exploring Avebury (7-13yrs) FREE COURSE – Ticketing
Past events
In person: ‘Social Dreaming’, with Gayle Chong Kwan. Part of the Avebury Papers Artist Commission.
📍Where: Meet outside the Threshing Barn in the Old Farmyard, Avebury what3words.com/foods.photocopy.twig
⏰ When: Friday 4 July 2025, 2pm-4pm.
Free, but please register at this link so we know to wait for you.
In person: ‘About the Project’ display at The Chapel, Avebury, from 12 July 2023 until late September 2025. Varied opening times throughout the summer and through the rest of the year. Our display boards introduce the project and reproduce several photographs of excavators: do you recognise anyone?
In person: Community Update: Avebury Social Centre, Wiltshire, UK, Thursday 28 November 2024, 2:30pm-4pm, free, all welcome.
In person: Thursday 17 October, Harrogate 3D Archaeological Society meeting.
In person: WI Meeting, Avebury, Wiltshire, UK, 10 October 2024. For WI members.
In person: ‘Who made Avebury? Exploring the 1930s-1940s diaries of William Young’, Wiltshire Museum, Saturday 1 June 2024. [Watch the recording via Wiltshire Museum].
In person: The Heritage Jam 2024, 10 and 11 June, in collaboration with BOCCAHD network, hosted at University of Leeds.
In person: Exploring creative cataloguing and interfaces, a BOCCAHD network event led by Dr Fran Allfrey, Thursday 25 April 2024. [Read more about BOCCAHD].
In person: Prof Mark Gillings, Dr Ben Chan, and Dr Ros Cleal at the Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Society Conference 2024, Sunday 17 March, Devizes Corn Exchange.
In person: Community Update; The Chapel, Green Street, Avebury, Wiltshire, UK, Monday 4 March 2024, 1:30pm-3:30pm.
Free, all welcome.
In person: Community Update; Education Centre, Avebury National Trust, Wiltshire, UK, Tuesday 19 December 2023, 1-2pm.
Free, all welcome, please follow the [book via Eventbrite].
In person: The Avebury Papers: Community Update; Wednesday 12 July 2023; The Chapel, Green Street, Avebury; Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start; No need to book, just turn up, all welcome! (Recommended: bring your own cushion for the chapel pews).
Listen: hear from our research team and volunteers on the Archives and Records Association ‘Outside the Box’ podcast.
In person: CAA conference (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3-6 April 2023. [link to conference schedule] and [link to detailed programme].
In person: History and Archives in Practice 2023, IHR, Senate House, University of London, London, UK, Wednesday 29 March 2023. [link to programme].
In person: Project community update, Education Centre, Avebury National Trust, Wiltshire, UK, Tuesday 21 March 2023, 1-2pm.
Free, all welcome, please follow the [link to book via Eventbrite].
In person: York Research Seminar, 10 March 2023 [link to recording].
Radio: Dr Colleen Morgan was interviewed by Ellie Brennan on BBC Radio York on Friday 23 January. [Listen or read the transcript here].
In person: Project community launch, Education Centre, Avebury National Trust, Wiltshire, UK, Wednesday 7 December 2022, 2pm-3pm.
Do you want to host us?
The research team welcome opportunities to share work in progress. Please be in touch with us if your local history society, U3A group, research seminar, college class, WI, or any other organisation would like to host us.