A National Archaeology Strategy for Scotland

Our Vision 2025 – To Make Archaeology Matter

We want to live in a Scotland where archaeology is for everyone! A place where the study of the past offers opportunities for us now and in the future to discover, care for, promote and enjoy our rich and diverse heritage, contributing to our wellbeing and knowledge and helping to tell Scotland’s stories in their global context.

Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy has been developed by the Scottish Strategic Archaeology Committee, following a consultation in 2015.

Latest News

  • Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2020

    Scotland’s Strategic Archaeology Committee are currently pulling material together for Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2020. Following on from our issues in 2018  and 2019 it seeks to showcase the value Archaeology brings to Scotland and report on our progress delivering…

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  • Open Access Funding

    Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy envisages a Scotland where archaeology is for everyone, and encourages us to increase our profile and widen access within and beyond the sector. The Archaeology Strategy Delivery Plan, launched in autumn 2016, explicitly states our commitment to…

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  • Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2019

    We are proud to present ‘Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2019’, the second issue of our report on the delivery of Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy. This magazine is also a place to find out about some of the most exciting projects that have…

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  • Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland, 2018

    Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy is proud to launch ‘Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2018’, a magazine-style report on the delivery of Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy which is also a place to celebrate some of the great recent work which has been happening in Archaeology across…

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