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Guided tours of Staffordshire Hoard at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery this summer
Via Sue for Birmingham Museums Trust
July 2025: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has announced a series of exclusive, guided access sessions to see one of the most celebrated Anglo-Saxon treasure hoards in the world, ahead of its full reopening to the public later in 2025.
Visitors are invited to explore the Staffordshire Hoard gallery during a limited number of FREE, one-hour group sessions from on Thursdays and Saturdays until 30th August 2025, when a member of the museum team will be on hand to share insights into the hoard’s history and significance and to answer questions.
Containing just under four thousand objects and broken fragments, most of which are war-gear, the Staffordshire Hoard is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found, anywhere in the world. The quality of the workmanship is extremely high, which is remarkable in view of the large number of individual objects, such as swords or helmets, from which the elements in the hoard came.
The hoard was buried in the 7th century (AD 650-675). It was discovered in a field near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield in Staffordshire, in 2009 by local metal-detectorist Terry Herbert.
Toby Watley, Director of Collections and Estate at Birmingham Museums Trust, said:
These special guided access sessions are a wonderful opportunity to explore the Hoard’s extraordinary craftsmanship and significance.
We are excited to be offering a more personal experience to visitors before we open the newly refurbished gallery more widely. It’s a special way to connect with this remarkable chapter of our region’s heritage.”
Advance booking for the guided access sessions is essential due to limited group sizes. Tickets are available through the Birmingham Museums website here: birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/staffordshire-hoard-guided-view.
