THE PROJECT
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 will offer a new way to explore the archive and help more people access, learn and make more use of the ADS. The exhibition will run until December 2018 and feedback on the content, design and future of the exhibition will be sought throughout August 2018.