The Galloway Hoard
The Galloway Hoard
The Galloway Hoard
The Galloway Hoard is the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland.
Buried around AD900, the Galloway Hoard brings together a stunning variety of materials and treasures from Ireland, the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and as far away as Asia. The Hoard transports us back to a critical moment in history: the formation of the political entities we now know as Scotland, England and Ireland, in a time of viking raids.
The Galloway Hoard was acquired with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, the Scottish Government and hundreds of generous individual supporters.
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Item type:Interactive resource, Poisonous wool, silk routes and fast fashion: stories from Scotland’s archaeological textiles(2024-09-23)Harris, SusannaDue to Scotland’s temperate climate, textiles from the past are rare finds for archaeologists. But when conditions are just right and they’ve been preserved, they create a lot of excitement as they can offer many insights into the people who made and wore them. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Journal article, Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard: Secrets of a unique Viking Age collection from south-west ScotlandGoldberg, D MartinBuried c.AD 900, the Galloway Hoard is thought to be Scotland's earliest-known Viking Age hoars. In the years since its discovery in 2014, wide-ranging research has illuminated its eclectic and often unique contents. As a new exhibition opens, exploring the story so far, Martin Goldberg takes us through some of the latest fnidings. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Abstract, Presenting a complex hoard deposit – the Galloway HoardGoldberg, MartinThe Galloway Hoard is the focus of an ongoing research project at National Museums Scotland examining a complex Viking-age deposit composed of multiple parcels, with organic preservation and a variety of materials (gold, silver, copper-alloy, glass, rock crystal, minerals, leather, wood, wool, silk, linen, and animal gut). There may be different motivations behind the accumulation of certain parcels from the contemporary, and relatively common, silver bullion typical of Viking-age hoards to a range of objects that look more like a collection of relics or heirlooms. There have been several phases of engagement with the public from an initial ‘out of the ground’ display as part of the fund-raising campaign in 2017, through a pandemic phase of digital and online engagement, an exhibition in 2021 that showcased the research and conservation undertaken between 2018–2020 and a touring exhibition through 2022 that regularly updates audiences on an AHRC-funded research project called ‘Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard’ (in partnership with the University of Glasgow). This paper will outline how, as the research and conservation are ongoing, the exhibition and public programme has had to take a different tack to any presentation of a complete or finished story and has instead attempted to bring the public into these ongoing processes, responding to their questions (which are often the same as our research questions) and showing how we might try to answer those questions.1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Lecture, The Galloway Hoard: Rock Crystal JarGoldberg, MartinKirkcudbright Galleries are delighted to welcome Dr Martin Goldberg, Principal Curator of Medieval Archaeology and History to the gallery to provide a talk on themes surrounding The Galloway Hoard: Rock Crystal Jar and research around this fascinating piece. The talk is free entry, but booking your place is required. This talk has been made possible through the partnership and exhibition from National Museums Scotland. The Galloway Hoard was acquired by National Museums Scotland in 2017 with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, and the Scottish Government, as well as a major public fundraising campaign. Since then, it has undergone extensive conservation and research at the National Museums Collection Centre as well as having been shown at the National Museum of Scotland, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Kirkcudbright Galleries, where it attracted record-breaking visitor numbers. Further venues for the international tour will be announced in due course, as will plans for the hoard’s future display after the tour’s conclusion, including both in Edinburgh and in Kirkcudbright, near where it was discovered. The research in the hoard was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), which awarded £1 million for the three-year research project *Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard*, led by National Museums Scotland in partnership with the University of Glasgow. The project has also seen collaboration with experts from across the UK and Ireland, including The British Museum, Oxford University, University of Wales (Trinity St David), St Andrews University, and University College Cork.1