FAME advocates on behalf of its members to improve and support development-led archaeology in the UK and Ireland. An area of particular note that we have worked on recently has been archaeological archives.
Archives
FAME Report on Archaeological Archives
FAME undertook an extensive survey in 2012 of the problem for long-term storage of archives, and found there were 9000 homeless archives that had not been accepted by a museum or other repository, costing around £300,000 to store annually.
FAME are working with our partners across the heritage sector to help solve the archives problem.
- With Historic England we are looking for long term solutions to archive capacity;
- With the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers we are discussing how to ensure archive issues are dealt with up-front during pre-planning application discussions, and how conditions can be better drafted to ensure deposition occurs;
- With the Society for Museum Archaeologists we are investigating how transfer of title can be simplified.
News and Updates on Archives
Further Advocacy Work
FAME also advocates for its members and the wider sector on a multitude of different topics: