Promoting respect & dignity for those who have gone before
In an article in the Museums Association Journal today, the Hunterian Museum is quoted as defending its decision to retain the skeleton of Charles Byrne for further research. Len Doyal, emeritus professor of medical...
In what is a positive move, that hopefully signals a wider move towards greater respect for human skeletons, it was reported today that the Hunterian Museum has decided to no longer display the skeleton...
A significant Anglo-Saxon burial ground has been unearthed as a consequence of the work to deliver the HS2 rail project. Various articles have appeared in the press recently, such as this one from the...
Winter 2021-22 Newsletter we hope you enjoy. Best wishes and blessing to all our volunteers for 2022
HAD routinely contacts DDCMS whenever a new Secretary of State is appointed in order to remind them of the need to review and update the outdated Guidance for Care of Human Remains in Museums...
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HAD recently requested from HS2 details of burial grounds excavated as part of the project. The following is their response as at 26 May 2021. HAD will continue to follow developments and report as...
Using replica skeletons in displays Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) believes that it is wrong to display skeletons of dead human beings. The dead deserve the same level of respect that is given to the...
HAD has recently written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in order to call again for a review of the 2005 DCMS Guidance for the care of human remains...
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