• leads, co-ordinates and facilitates research in all aspects of the Hellenic world from the Palaeolithic to the present and from archaeometry to fine arts.
    The British School at Athens
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  • provides premium facilities for science-based archaeological research across the Mediterranean, promoting the BSA’s ability to link the humanities and social sciences with the natural sciences.
    The Fitch Laboratory
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  • and elsewhere on Crete since 1900. Its Knossos Research Centre, comprising a small hostel, a library and the Stratigraphical Museum, acts as a research base on the island.
    The BSA has sponsored work at Knossos
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  • houses a one of a kind collection of manuscripts, personal papers, photographs and other ephemera, as well as documents the history of the BSA.
    The BSA Archive
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  • is a world class research facility supporting the breadth of our mission and providing access to materials often not found in UK libraries.
    The BSA Library
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  • aims to redevelop the Stratigraphic Museum of the Knossos Research Centre to provide the best possible facilities for research, outreach, conservation and storage.
    The Knossos 2025 Project
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  • BSA Main Entrance
    The British School at Athens
  • The Fitch Laboratory
  • The Knossos Research Centre
  • Knossos 2025
  • The BSA Library & Archive
The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
On the 25th June 2025, an inaugural ceremony for Hugh Sackett Street took place in Palaikastro, East Crete, with celebrations including a church service at Aghios Antonios, the unveiling of a marble plaque of the newly-named street now affixed to
Archive donation - Penrose's passport
Archive donation – Penrose’s passport
We are thrilled have recently received for our Archive of one of Francis C. Penrose's (the BSA's first Director) passports from his travels in 1845! This sleek bound document seems to cover the period of his Worts' Travelling Bachelorship from
A Special Evening with Natalie Haynes: “For the love of Gods”
A Special Evening with Natalie Haynes: “For the love of Gods”
Last week, BSA Supporters and guests gathered for an inspiring evening at the British Academy in London, featuring an insightful conversation between Director Professor Rebecca Sweetman and acclaimed writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes. “For the love of Gods: my life

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The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
On the 25th June 2025, an inaugural ceremony for Hugh Sackett Street took place in Palaikastro, East Crete, with celebrations including a church service at Aghios Antonios, the unveiling of a marble plaque of the newly-named street now affixed to ...
Archive donation - Penrose's passport
Archive donation – Penrose’s passport
We are thrilled have recently received for our Archive of one of Francis C. Penrose's (the BSA's first Director) passports from his travels in 1845! This sleek bound document seems to cover the period of his Worts' Travelling Bachelorship from ...

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The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
On the 25th June 2025, an inaugural ceremony for Hugh Sackett Street took place in Palaikastro, East Crete, with celebrations including a church service at Aghios Antonios, the unveiling of a marble plaque of the newly-named street now affixed to ...
Archive donation - Penrose's passport
Archive donation – Penrose’s passport
We are thrilled have recently received for our Archive of one of Francis C. Penrose's (the BSA's first Director) passports from his travels in 1845! This sleek bound document seems to cover the period of his Worts' Travelling Bachelorship from ...

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Athens Archaeology Festival 2025

18 October @ 11:00 am
British School at Athens

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