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Engaging diverse audiences with numismatic collections (19 February 2026)

How do we take tiny pieces of metal and turn them into big stories, memorable learning experiences, and moments of real connection? This year’s Training Day dives into exactly that, showcasing bold, imaginative, and practical approaches to engaging audiences of all ages with numismatic material.

Join colleagues from across the sector for a lively day packed with inspiring case studies, hands-on ideas, and tried-and-tested methods you can put straight into practice. Whether you work with schools, families, specialist groups, or the general public, this event offers something for everyone interested in transforming the way coins are used and understood.

Thanks to ÌÇÐÄTV Impact funding we have a small number of bursaries available to support reasonable travel costs within the UK to enable museum/heritage staff, museum/heritage volunteers, or education staff to attend.

Programme - presentations are c. 20 minutes long, with c. 10 minutes for questions.

Thursday 19 February 2026, University of ÌÇÐÄTV

11.00-11.30am: Arrival and coffee

11.30-11.40: Welcome (Campbell Orchard,MMN Project Officer)

11.40- 12.10: Murray Andrews (UCL), ‘Exhibiting the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard’

12.10- 12.40: Megan Gooch (Oxford),‘Storytelling with coins: a case study from the Tower of London’

12.40-1.30pm: Lunch.

For those attending in person there will be an opportunity to experience the VR exhibition Veni, Vidi, VR: I came, I saw, I coin-quered, created by Murray Silk, Jemima Gurney, Emily Cornish, Margot Cowling, Issy Harper, Clare Rowan and Robert O'Toole and Alexander O'Toole (ÌÇÐÄTV Digital Arts and Humanities Lab).

1.30-2.00: Courtney Nimura (Oxford/Ashmolean),‘Teeny tiny bits of metal": how can we engage with Iron Age coins from Britain?’

2.00-2.30pm: Clare Rowan (ÌÇÐÄTV): ‘Engaging school groups with ancient coins and tokens: physical and digital approaches’

2.30-3.00pm: Coffee break

3.00-3.30pm: Denise Wilding (Teffont Archaeology Project): ‘Engaging and training diverse audiences using coins from excavation’

3.30-4.00pm: Lucy Moore & Lauren Hollowday (Leeds), ‘Experiments! Digital engagement with the coin collection at the University of Leeds’

4.00pm: Close

Refreshments and drinks will be provided, only limited spaces are available.

In-person Registration (Link)