This is a past event
Part of the King's Museum lecture series.
This lecture will focus on the new understandings of Iona Abbey, as Scotland’s most sacred place, resulting from the research into its archaeology and collections compiled for the newly completed Historic Scotland redisplay project. This iconic site came into State care in 1999, and, following years of conservation, is now re-presented to the visitors/pilgrims who come to Columba’s isle from all over the world. From summer 2013 visitors can now access a much better understanding of the unique contribution that Columba’s monastery made to European Christian scholarship, theology, creativity, and law-making.
This lecture will explore the evolution of the project which has created new permanent exhibitions of the largest and most important collection of early medieval high crosses and cross slabs in Britain and Ireland. This will include the first glimpses of important early medieval artefacts recovered from Prof Charles Thomas' unpublished excavations at the abbey more than 50 years ago.
The completion of this project is part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Iona Community, as well as the 1450th anniversary of the arrival of St Columba.
Entry is free and open to all.
- Speaker
- Peter Yeoman, Historic Scotland
- Hosted by
- Society of Antiquaries
- Venue
- New King's, room 10
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