A NEW exhibition exploring everyday life in the region over the past 10,000 years opens this weekend (Saturday, July 26).
‘Living on the Hills: 10,000 years of Durham’ opens at Durham University’s Palace Green Library on Saturday.
The permanent display includes items formerly exhibited at the Old Fulling Mill museum, which closed last summer.
Gallery curator Gemma Lewis said: “Living on the Hills reveals the lives of ordinary people who lived in or visited Durham over thousands of years using the tools, cups, bowls and other everyday objects they used.
“The displays highlight the art and architecture left behind to be rediscovered by modern archaeologists: amateur and professional.
“Visitors can see prehistoric objects found by chance at the turn of the century, Roman objects uncovered by Victorian antiquarians and Medieval objects found during 1970s archaeological excavations.”
The exhibition is funded by the Sir James Knott Trust and the Arts Council and the gallery’s refurbishment was funded by the Wolfson Foundation.
The gallery also includes space available for community archaeology.
Palace Green Library is open 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday and noon to 5pm on Mondays and Bank Holidays. Entry to Living on the Hills is free.
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