Friday, 4th May 2012
The Staffordshire hoard, the most remarkable archaeological discovery for a generation, returns to Lichfield Cathedral. Exhibition now open! Lichfield Cathedral is delighted to announce that a small selection of items from the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found, is now on...
Monday, 30th April 2012
The Staffordshire Hoard Gallery at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is moving location within the museum. The Hoard gallery will be closed on May 10th and 11th. The gallery change will bring new objects, photos and information into the display. The Staffordshire Hoard exhibition will reopen...
Friday, 20th April 2012
The Staffordshire Hoard is set to feature on a Time Team special at 8pm on Channel 4 this Sunday. The programme is called ’Secrets of the Saxon Gold’ and will run for 60 minutes on Sunday 22 April on Channel 4. It is a Time Team Special featuring Tony Robinson and...
Wednesday, 21st March 2012
The grave of an Anglo-Saxon girl believed to be about 16 years-old was discovered near Cambridge last week (March 2012). The grave is thought to date from the mid-7th Century AD, which is from around the same time that the Staffordshire Hoard is thought to...
Tuesday, 13th March 2012
More than 50,000 visitors flocked to a touring exhibition of the Staffordshire Hoard in America. The collection was hailed as a “global phenomenon”. More than 100 items have been on display in Washington for the past four months, attracting the second largest audience of any...
Thursday, 26th January 2012
Settle down tonight to watch TV historian Dan Snow travel across the old Kingdom of Mercia to unravel the secrets of one of Britian’s most significant discoveries – the Staffordshire Hoard. The Hoard offers 1500 new clues into the Dark Ages and Dan pieces together...
Wednesday, 2nd November 2011
The Staffordshire Hoard is wowing the crowds in the United States and has become the second most popular touring exhibition ever at the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC. More than 1,000 visitors paid eight dollars each to see over 100 star pieces of the Anglo-Saxon treasure as part of the show’s opening...
Wednesday, 26th October 2011
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, in Stoke-on-Trent, has won the cash from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The grant will fund a grandstand exhibition on the Staffordshire Hoard from next July. Councillor Mark Meredith, Stoke-on-Trent City Council cabinet member for economic development, said: “This...
Wednesday, 31st August 2011
An exclusive new book charting Tamworth’s important role in the story of the Staffordshire Hoard has now been released, ahead of the gold coming to the castle. ‘Tamworth, the Ancient Capital of Mercia’ has been written by Stephen Pollington, a celebrated Anglo-Saxon historian, lecturer and...
Monday, 22nd August 2011
After a busy, exciting and thoroughly enjoyable three weeks, it is time for the Lichfield Cathedral community to say farewell to the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold in the world, as the Staffordshire Hoard on Tour exhibition is dismantled today and moves to its final...