{"id":268114,"date":"2025-07-17T02:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/268114\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T02:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:02:25","slug":"limited-free-spots-to-see-attraction-that-caused-three-hour-queues-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/268114\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Limited’ free spots to see attraction that caused three-hour queues in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some limited edition slots to see one of the world’s most impressive treasure hoards in Birmingham<\/a> have opened up to the public.<\/p>\n

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has unveiled a series of exclusive guided access sessions to see the Anglo Saxon trinkets for free.<\/p>\n

The one-hour group sessions will run from Saturday, July 19 until Saturday, August 30 with a member of the museum team sharing the story of the hoard and why it’s so important.<\/p>\n

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The sessions come ahead of the gallery’s full reopening to the public later this year.<\/p>\n

When the Staffordshire<\/a> Hoard first went on display in Birmingham, some 60,000 flocked to see the artifacts with some waiting for three-and-a-half hours to see.<\/p>\n

The largest collection of Anglo Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found, it is comprised of just under 4,000 items and broken fragments, most of which are war gear.<\/p>\n

\"Conservator<\/p>\n

Conservator Pieta Greaves polishes a reconstruction of a Helmet found in the Staffordshire Hoard at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham -Credit:PA<\/p>\n

Found in a Hammerwich field by metal detectorist Terry Herbert in 2009, the swords, helmets and more are stunning, with the high quality workmanship alone making it worth seeing in the flesh.<\/p>\n

Historians dated the items back to the 7th century, some time between AD650-675.<\/p>\n

Booking to see the hoard is crucial as group sizes are limited, so it’s important to secure tickets from the Birmingham Museums website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s extraordinary craftsmanship and significance.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to be offering a more personal experience to visitors before we open the newly refurbished gallery more widely.<\/p>\n

“It’s a special way to connect with this remarkable chapter of our region’s heritage.”<\/p>\n

An exact date for the full reopening of the gallery has yet to be revealed but we’ll share more when we get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some limited edition slots to see one of the world’s most impressive treasure hoards in Birmingham have opened…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[102038,855,67343,748,393,4884,102037,102035,102036,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-268114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-anglo-saxon","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-birmingham-museum","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-group-sessions","15":"tag-guided-access","16":"tag-staffordshire-hoard","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114866116851703572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}