New Archaeology and Wellbeing Resource Pack: Festival of Archaeology 2025!
To celebrate the 2025 Festival of Archaeology, the Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) have created a bumper resource pack with seven new activity ideas based on the Festival’s theme of Archaeology and Wellbeing.
To celebrate the 2025 Festival of Archaeology, the Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) has created a bumper resource pack filled with inspiring activity ideas based on this year’s theme: Archaeology and Wellbeing.
At its heart, archaeology is about people: how we explore and interpret the past through the lens of the present. It connects us to the stories, places, and communities that shape who we are. Archaeology also has a unique ability to bring people together, spark curiosity, and support our wellbeing by encouraging us to slow down, get creative, and explore the world around us.
In this new resource pack, you will be able to explore this theme through a variety of activities that will take you across the world and back home again. You can explore the crafts and communities of Taiwan, make your own island myth or design your own necklace based on the heritage of East Africa. We also have activities that encourage you to investigate your local heritage and who you are as an individual from your own bedroom! If that’s not enough, you can explore the relationship of pets through time and relax by creating your own tile designs, inspired by different cultures and time periods.
Thank You!
This resource pack has been co-created by young people for young people. All the resources have been created by the Council for British Archaeology’s Youth Advisors and student placements. You can find out more about our contributors in the resource pack.
Together they have created an exciting set of activities aimed at anyone aged 8–16 which are free to access.
Download the Resource Pack:Â Archaeology and Wellbeing Resource Pack
You can also download the individual activities:
–  Stories and patterns of the Austronesian in Taiwan by Hsiao Hsuan Chiang
– Tiles Through Time by Samuel Lou
– Scrapbooking Your Heritage by Anna Robson
– Oral Storytelling: Mount Karthala by Samiha Hassan
– Crafting Traditions: Maasai Beadwork by Samiha Hassan
– Pause for Paws: The Story of Pets and Us by Ihini Aambreen
– Archaeology of Me by Eva Murray