Name: Drop in: Archaeology Object Handling and Collage
Start: 2026-05-02T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-02T15:00:00+01:00
Location: UCL Culture Lab

Drop in: Archaeology Object Handling and Collage

Handle objects from a recent archaeological excavation at Whitechapel, East London. Create your own collage using maps & prints.
About this Event

Saturday 2nd May 2026

Join us at UCL's Culture Lab for a day of learning and crafts.

Free Public Event. All are welcome, including families and students.

Drop in anytime between 11am and 3pm.

As part of the Patterns exhibition, a series of free art and object handling workshops on Saturdays brought to you by the UCL School for the Creative and Cultural Industries.

Meet the Archaeology South-East (UCL) team who led the ‘Patterns Beneath Your Feet’ display. Handle objects and learn what tavern life was like in Tudor and Georgian Whitechapel.

Create a collage using maps and prints whilst learning about the many new communities that made Whitechapel their home during these times.

Location: Culture Lab, Ground Floor, UCL East, Marshgate building, 7 Sidings Street, Stratford, London, E20 2AE