DIG is an educational resource owned by the York Archaeological Trust

York Archaeological Trust

The York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited is an educational charity, established in 1972 in the City of York. It carries out archaeological investigations, fieldwork, excavation and research in York, Yorkshire and throughout Britain and beyond.It also created and now runs...

 which aims to increase understanding of archaeology

Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

 and related matters.

DIG is based in the redundant medieval church of St Saviour in York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

, and was acquired by the Trust in 1975. Between 1990 and 2005, the building was called the Archaeological Resource Centre. In April 2006, it reopened as DIG.

Activities in which visitors can engage include:

• Discovering techniques used by field archaeologists
• Investigating scientific techniques used by archaeologists
• Finding out about current archaeological digs and viewing recent finds
• Learning more about the history of York
  History of York
  The history of York as a city dates to the beginning of the first millennium AD but archaeological evidence for the presence of people in the region of York date back much further to between 8000 and 7000 BC...
  
  

External links

• DIG website