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Behind the scenes tours of the Staffordshire Hoard – £20 and selling fast.

Posted March 31st, 2011 by Nick Booth with No Comments

Staffordshire Hoard Gold dagger hilt - image from Portable Antiquities on flickr.
We’ve taken this from the Birmingham News Room site:
A new tour offering a behind the scenes look at the Staffordshire Hoard conservation work at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ...

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Staffordshire Hoard to remain in West Midlands

Posted March 23rd, 2010 by Rosie Walker with No Comments

Excellent news!
Staffordshire Hoard: BBC News
According to the BBC Website:
The Staffordshire Hoard is to remain in the West Midlands after the £3.3m purchase price was met.
This news follows on from previous fears that the hoard could be sold on the open market ...

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Heritage related things we have found on the web on February 13th.

Posted February 13th, 2010 by Nick Booth with 4 Comments

These are our links for February 13th:
The Georgian Group: ‘Free February’ on Twitter – The Georgian Group is saying thank you to its followers on Twitter by offering a year’s free membership of the Group to all those who follow it in ...

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