EXARC ANNUAL EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCES
EXARC hosts the Experimental Archaeology Conference (EAC) every two years. These conferences are open to both members and non-members and are intended to bring together researchers, practitioners, and professionals interested in experimental archaeology, hands-on research, and public engagement.
In the years between EAC conferences, EXARC also takes part as a co-organizer or partner in other events and symposia related to experimental archaeology, archaeological open-air museums, and experimental research more broadly.
You can find information about our past conferences and events here.
EAC14 - Curitiba, Brazil
The fourteenth edition of the experimental archaeology conference (EAC14) was held from May 12-16th 2025 in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, co-hosted by the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). This was EXARC’s first EAC event to be held outside of Europe, and one of the first dedicated conferences on experimental archaeology to be held in Brazil.
RETOLD Conference - Lelystad, the Netherlands
This year between September 1-3 2024, EXARC held a conference specifically focused on the topic of Digitalisation in Open-Air Museums and the cultural sector. Co-organised by the Batavialand Museum in Lelystad (the Netherlands), the event brought together the RETOLD partners and several professionals from around the world. RETOLD is a four-year project coordinated by EXARC and supported by the European Commission that aims to develop a documentation system designed for archaeological and ethnographic open-air museums.
EAC 13 - Torun, Poland
The EAC 13 hybrid conference in Toruń (1–3 May 2023) marked a milestone as EXARC’s first fully hybrid event. Bringing together in-person and international online participants, the conference showcased a wide range of experimental archaeology research and made all presentations openly accessible via EXARC’s YouTube channel, extending its impact far beyond the event itself.
EAC 12 - World Tour
The EAC12 Conference was an “around the world in 80 experiments” taking place in March 2021. It started in Australia, turning towards Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America as the time proceeds, and that for 4 days. #EAC12 had online lectures as well as presentations by local hotspots in different time zones (in total 167). With the lectures and hotspots, #EAC12 shows the diversity of experimental archaeology and the geographic spread. All the presentations are available on the EXARC's Youtube channel, a few authors also published with the EXARC Journal.