Celebrating 150 Years of the Kent Archaeological Society

Several events are planned to take place during 2007, the sesquicentennial of the KAS – come and join the celebrations!

Significant Advances over the last 50 Years in the Knowledge of Kent's History and Archaeology

Two one-day conferences on the above theme are to take place. The date of the first conference is fixed for 21st April at the Medway Campus of the University of Kent, near Rochester.

The second conference is provisionally booked for Saturday 15th September at the University of Kent's Canterbury Campus.

Celebration Dinner

A dinner will take place on the evening of 15th September in Darwin College at the University, at which the Hasted Prize will be presented. This is a KAS-sponsored prize for the best thesis on some aspect of Kent's history.

The Hidden Treasures of Kent

This exhibition in the Bentlif Gallery within Maidstone Museum has been provisionally scheduled to start on 12th May and run through until early September. On display will be artefacts ranging from the Palaeolithic to the Anglo Saxon period which, although all originally from Kent, are now dispersed in museum collections across Britain. This will be a rare opportunity for KAS members to view some of Kent's little-seen but important finds gathered together under one roof, and it is hoped that many public visitors will also benefit.

In an English Country Garden

Dig out your boaters and striped blazers, your fringed dresses and your fans, for we are partying, 1920's style! The Society will be holding a garden party in the beautiful grounds of the University of Kent.

of Allington Castle, just outside of Maidstone, on Sunday 20th May from 3.30pm onwards. A jazz band will play whilst afternoon tea is served - plenty of cucumber sandwiches, strawberries and cream, cakes and Pimms. Not to be missed!

Confirmation of dates and further details of all these events will appear in the January 2007 Newsletter. Booking forms for the two one-day conferences, the evening dinner and the garden party will also be included.