{"id":234871,"date":"2025-09-30T13:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/?post_type=events&#038;p=234871"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:29:58","slug":"from-destruction-to-preservation-towards-the-antiquities-protection-act-1925","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/whats-on\/from-destruction-to-preservation-towards-the-antiquities-protection-act-1925\/","title":{"rendered":"From Destruction to Preservation: Towards the Antiquities Protection Act (1925)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks <strong>a century since the enactment of the Antiquities Protection Act of 1925<\/strong> &#8211; the law that laid the foundations for safeguarding Malta\u2019s archaeological and cultural heritage.<\/p><p>To commemorate this milestone, Heritage Malta presents a new <strong>Espresso exhibition<\/strong> at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, <strong>tracing the crucial historical developments that led to the passing of the Act<\/strong>. <br>The exhibition highlights the pivotal events, discoveries and challenges that fuelled the growing <strong>recognition of Malta\u2019s archaeological importance <\/strong>and the <strong>urgent need for legal protection<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The exhibition features <strong>early excavation records, archival documents, and photographs<\/strong> &#8211; including those from the destroyed Ker\u010bem Neolithic site in Gozo. Attention is given to the Buqana site, the first Neolithic burial ground to be uncovered after the discovery of the \u0126al Saflieni Hypogeum. <br>Unlike the latter, the Buqana site was systematically documented in accordance with the 1910 Protection of Antiquities Ordinance. <br>However, this framework proved insufficient, as shown by the damage sustained at sites such as Mtarfa &#8211; developments that contributed to the enactment of the more comprehensive 1925 Protection of Antiquities Act.<\/p><p>The exhibition opens on Wednesday 8th October and runs until the 31st of January 2026 at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta. Opening hours are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/opening-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Opening Hours &#8211; Heritage Malta<\/u><\/a>. <br><\/p><p>Admission is free, and an illustrated catalogue will be available soon at the museum and on Heritage Malta\u2019s online store.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks a century since the enactment of the Antiquities Protection &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/whats-on\/from-destruction-to-preservation-towards-the-antiquities-protection-act-1925\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9886,"featured_media":234872,"template":"","event-types":[101],"accessibility":[],"class_list":["post-234871","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-types-exhibition"],"acf":{"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"core_-_event_single","import_checkbox":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"carousel_-_related_events","title":"You may also like","events":false}],"page_watermark":false,"is_members_only":false,"video_-_webm":false,"video_-_mp4":false,"video_-_ogv":false,"book_now_endpoint":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/s7\/","external_website_cta":{"title":"Opening Hours","url":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/opening-hours\/","target":""},"organisations":false,"start_date":"20251008","end_date":"20260131","opening_hours":false,"contact_number":"","ticket_groups":[{"ticket_name":"Included in the entrance fee","ticket_price":"0"}],"show_section_gallery":false,"gallery":false,"show_section_event_video":false,"event_video_image":false,"event_video_youtube_link":"","show_section_getting_here":true,"getting_here_address_line_1":"Auberge de Provence","getting_here_address_line_2":"Republic Street","getting_here_city":"Valletta","getting_here_region":"Malta","google_maps_latitude":"35.897431962131655","google_maps_longitude":"14.511117259373833","google_maps_embed":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d202.00152906693552!2d14.511083872685115!3d35.897416480753606!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x130e452cf116ddcd%3A0xa61b3204a01efc6c!2sNational%20Museum%20Of%20Archaeology!5e0!3m2!1sen!2smt!4v1637071737128!5m2!1sen!2smt","walking_distance_from_nearest_bus_stop":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From Destruction to Preservation: Towards the Antiquities Protection Act (1925) - Heritage Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/whats-on\/from-destruction-to-preservation-towards-the-antiquities-protection-act-1925\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Destruction to Preservation: Towards the Antiquities Protection Act (1925) - Heritage Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year marks a century since the enactment of the Antiquities Protection &hellip; 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