YAC News Archive

YAC goes Egyptian for the 2009 Festival of History!

YAC had a brilliant time at the Festival of History at Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire on 25th and 26th July 2009. We got really messy mummifying oranges, learnt how to write in hieroglyphics and met lots of our wonderful YAC UK members.

You can download the activity worksheets and find out more about the Festival and what YAC got up to by clicking here!

West Wiltshire YAC on the radio!

West Wilshire YAC have recently appeared on a local BBC radio broadcast. You can listen to the fantastic interview and hear the YAC members having a great time by clicking here.

Full listings for the 2009-10 YAC Pass now available!

YAC launched your brand new passport to the past in the Spring issue of Young Archaeologist magazine!
It is packed with top offers designed especially for YAC members!!

More than 150 museums from around the UK are involved, and there are special offers from Cotswold Outdoor and the British Museum Company too!

YAC members also get free entry to a participating English Heritage property and Historic Scotland, Cadw, and Northern Ireland Environment Agency sites!! ... Click here to find out where you can use your YAC Pass!

The Young Archaeologist of the Year Award 2008!

The winners of the Young Archaeologist of the Award 2008 were Nadia, Madeleine and Lancaster YAC. Click here to find out more about their entries and their prizes!

Downloadable factsheets for YAYA 2008 now available!

YAC designed some special factsheets and worksheets to support the 2008 Young Archaeologist of the Year Award.

The theme was fabulous finds. Although the competition has ended now you can still have a go by downloading our fantastic factsheets. You can find out how to draw different objects, reconstruct whole pots from a piece of rim, and play some great observation games!

YAC's factsheets are perfect for use in the classroom. You can download them by clicking here!

Young Archaeologist of the Year Award 2007 - the Winners!!

The winners of the 2007 Award to design monument and memorial trails have now been announced. Well done to James, Jocelyn, Nerea and Ben!!
Download the top trails and find out about the winners' weekend clicking here!

Bronze Age Art Gallery!

Inspired by the Bronze Age Britain feature in the Autumn 2007 issue of our exclusive Club magazine Young Archaeologist, loads of YAC members sent in fantastic pieces of art for our Bronze Age Art Gallery!!
Check out the best entries by clicking here!

YAC's Brilliant Bronze Age trail!!

In the Autumn 2007 issue of our exclusive Club magazine Young Archaeologist, there's a fantastic feature about Bronze Age Britain. Because this is such a cool period of archaeology, we thought you might want to find out more. So we've put together a fab trail of places to visit that are all linked to the Bronze Age!

Check out the trail by clicking here!

English Heritage Festival of History 2007!!

Join YAC for hands-on activities and fantastic displays from over 2,000 years of history! Explore our goulish graveyard and help build a medieval castle... all at the Festival of History on 11th and 12th August at Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire. And there's a special offer for YAC members too!! Click here to find out more!

The 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Loads of museums are celebrating this important anniversary with events and exhibitions. YAC has designed a special page on this website where you can find out what is happening in your area.

New for 15th March - Events throughout Manchester are now included!! Discover more by clicking here!

Sam meets Dan!!

YAC member Sam Newby interviewed Dan Snow from BBC TV's Battlefield Britain thanks to a competition he won in Young Archaeologist magazine! Find out what Sam asked Dan by clicking here!

YAC Attack in Young Archaeologist magazine!

Download extra information about YAC Attack activities by clicking here!

YAYA 2007 now launched!

The 2007 Young Archaeologist of the Year Award has now been launched.

It is open to all young people aged 8-16 living in the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

This year's theme is monuments and memorials...

Find out how to enter by clicking here!

YAC holidays 2007!

Do you want to have a fantastic, fun-filled few days of awesome archaeology? Do you enjoy trying new skills and making friends! YES?! Then you need to come on a YAC holiday!

In 2007 YAC will be running holidays in the Yorkshire Dales, Cornwall, Norfolk and York.

Click here to find out more about YAC holidays in 2007 and to download a booking form...

YAYA 2006 winners announced!

The winners of the 2006 Young Archaeologist of the Year Award were announced at the British Archaeological Awards in November.

Click here to find out who won and to read some of the winning and highly commended entries...!

YAC leader wins an award!

YAC leader Dorothy Astbury was nominated for the Welsh Volunteer of the Year Awards 2006. Find out more and see some images of her special day by clicking here!

Festival of History 2006!

Last year YAC helped English Heritage re-build Stonehenge... this year we're working on a massive mosaic!! Come along to the Festival of History on 12th-13th August and help! To find out more, just click here.

The Fairfield Project

Are you aged between 13-15 and interested in archaeology? If so, you could take part in a real archaeological investigation with the Fairfield Project. To find out more about the Project, just click here.

Factsheets

Brand new factsheets and webpages to support the 2006 Young Archaeologist of the Year Award, all about both historical and modern buildings. Click here.

Archaeological Extravaganza at Stourhead!!

From 31st May to 4th June, go along to the National Trust property of Stourhead in Wiltshire for loads of underwater archaeology activities! To find out more about this cool event, just click here.

YAC leaders' conference in Newark

Newark in Nottinghamshire was invaded by loads of YAC leaders in April, for the annual conference. To find out what our leaders got up to, just click here.

YAC member Thomas Florence interviews...

Thomas Florence won a YAC competition to be at the opening party of DIG. He interviewed one of the archaeologists who works there. To find out what he asked, just click here.

The YAC Pass 2006-2007 has been launched!!

Over 120 independent sites and museums are now involved in the discount scheme for YAC members. There's such a variety of different types of places, you'll find something for everyone. Find out which sites are involved in your area by clicking here.

2006 Young Archaeologist of the Year Award launched!!

Do you want to be the Young Archaeologist of the Year and win loads of fantastic archaeological prizes?! If so, you need to enter the 2006 Award which is all about buildings archaeology. Click here to find out more...

Winners of the Young Archaeologist of the Year Award 2005 Announced!!

Emma Swanston and Sarah Landless won this year's award - check out their winning entries and find out what they got up to during their winners' weekend by clicking here.

Writing Roman Stories with Robin Price, author of I Am Spartapuss!

At the winners' weekend of the 2005 Young Archaeologist of the Year Award, YAC members wrote fab Roman stories with the help of top author Robin Price.

Click here to find out more...

YAC holidays 2006!

YAC activity holidays are a fantastic opportunity for you to find out more about archaeology whilst making new friends!
In 2006 YAC will be running holidays in Cornwall, Norfolk, Cumbria and York.

Click here to find out more about YAC holidays in 2006 and to apply for a place...