The Pope’s Tavern Archaeology Club will host a blacksmithing demonstration on Sunday, April 30th, 2023, from 1:00pm -3:00pm at Pope’s Tavern Museum, 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence, AL. The Pope’s Tavern Archaeology Club is an organization managed and supported by Pope’s Tavern Museum and dedicated to advancing archaeological education through community-based projects and public history while encouraging responsible and ethical practices of archaeology in the community. The club aims to be an organization where members can learn from each other through a common interest in the community’s past, through hands-on archaeology opportunities, public history projects, workshops, field trips, and discussions. Members under 12 must be accompanied by an adult during club meetings and activities.

The workshop on April 30th will be hosted by Steve Alford, of the Athens Forge, Alabama Forge Council.  Mr. Alford will demonstrate different blacksmithing techniques, including the creation of hand forged steel tools and implements. The demonstration will focus on how things recovered through archaeological testing at Pope’s Tavern may have been made.

This program is sponsored by the City of Florence Department of Arts and Museums. Pope’s Tavern is located at 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence, AL and is open, Tuesday - Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call 256-760-6439 for more information.