11-17-2005, 10:49 PM
Ah museums ... I love 'em. Suffice to say, all major museums have loads of artefacts (military and otherwise) not on show. It would be impossible to display everything they have. One of the main problems is getting everything catalogued in a manner that makes the information about the artefacts easily accessible. Sometimes, there's only an old card catalogue and that it takes real knowledge of the collection to find what you're looking for! Stuff is being computerised, but there's often a huge backlog. But don't blame the museums - they're wildly underfunded, don't have the staff, etc. However, many (most?) staff really want people to study their collections.
Many museums welcome volunteers to help them catalogue their collections. If you have regular spare time, it would be worth contacting your local museum.
The Portable Antiquity Scheme might be of interest. It is a government initiative to get people to bring in artefacts for identification. The catalogue of those finds is at:
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/hom ... liclogin=1
And yes, there's some Roman military stuff on it ...
Many museums welcome volunteers to help them catalogue their collections. If you have regular spare time, it would be worth contacting your local museum.
The Portable Antiquity Scheme might be of interest. It is a government initiative to get people to bring in artefacts for identification. The catalogue of those finds is at:
http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/hom ... liclogin=1
And yes, there's some Roman military stuff on it ...
