The Wonders of the ADS, was a digital exhibition dedicated to highlighting the outstanding digital data held in the ADS archive. The exhibition featured many different data types held in the archive, from digital photography and drawings, to 3D models and videos. The exhibition also featured the different facets of archaeological investigation, from different thematic time periods to different methodological approaches.
The Wonders of the ADS digital exhibition developed out of a collaborative project with Carlotta Cammelli, a Leeds University MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies student. The project entitled Unearthing the Archive: Exploring new methods for disseminating archaeological digital data aimed to develop an innovative online approach to present specific digital objects (such as photographs, drawings, documents, videos and 3D data files) from the ADS collections in order to increase public engagement with the data in our archive.
At the moment, the ADS is used mainly by researchers with specific interests in mind. The structure of the ADS into individual archives also means that sometimes interesting material can be buried within the vast quantity of data held by the ADS.
The creation of a digital exhibition highlighting the vast array of exciting archaeological projects and different data types held by the ADS offered a new way to explore the archive and help more people access, learn and make more use of the ADS.
The exhibition was directly accessible from the ADS home page from August 2018 until January 2023 when the ADS website was updated. The exhibition is still accessible as html pages via this link.
