Event Item: 00264

Staffordshire Hoard

Exhibition: 24th Jul 2010 to 31st Dec 2011

Source: http://www.bmag.org.uk

Where: Birmingham Museum, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH, UK.
See map here

A selection of Staffordshire Hoard artefacts will be on display in Gallery 16 from July 24th. These include 20 artefacts previously unseen.

New items on display include:
Gold buckle
Torn gold hilt plate
Gold plaque with animal interlace
Gold Mound - bird and fish

The Hoard was found in July 2009 by Terry Herbert, a metal detector enthusiast decided to try his luck in farmland close to his home near Lichfield, Staffordshire. The items he discovered - over 1,500 pieces of beautifully crafted gold and silver from the 7th century Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia - amount to the most valuable treasure hoard ever discovered in the UK, worth £3.3 million.

For more information please see the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery listing here