By Andrew Stuart: The Prince of Wales will get his hands on the Staffordshire Hoard during a visit to Stoke-on-Trent.
His Royal Highness is visiting the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery today (February 19), where he will be given the opportunity to handle two pieces of the Anglo-Saxon treasure. He will be joined by The Duchess of Cornwall to view the collection of 118 pieces from the Hoard.
They will then move on to the Bethesda Chapel. The 18th century building has fallen into a state of disrepair, and is being …

By Ben Lowe: Visitor records were shattered at Stoke’s Potteries Museum and Art Gallery when 3,700 people visited the Staffordshire Hoard collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure.
It is a record number for an opening weekend at the venue which is exhibiting 118 artefacts, including 40 that have never been seen before, every day until March 7.
In total, 1,900 visitors viewed the Staffordshire Hoard on Saturday, with more than 700 people coming to look within the first two hours of doors opening, and around 1,800 people visited the treasure on Sunday.
“We are thrilled …

By Andrew Stuart: The Staffordshire hoard has arrived in Stoke-On-Trent.
Around 80 pieces of the Anglo-Saxon treasure, found last year in a field near Lichfield, are on show.
You can see some pictures of the hoard below. The exhibition was launched to the public today (February 13). It’s being displayed at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery until March 7.

By Chris Heath and Mark Astley: The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found in the UK is set to be exhibited in Stoke-on-Trent – five months after it was discovered in a Staffordshire field.
The exhibition at The Potteries Museum from February 13 and March 7, will contain more than 100 items, including some which have never been displayed before.
A public appeal has already been launched to raise the £3.3 million required to keep the Staffordshire Hoard in the region. So far around £1million has been raised by the the …

By Jonathon Doubtfire: Dame Judi Dench has pledged her support for the ‘Save the Staffordshire Hoard’ campaign.
The James Bond actress joins a wealth of celebrities who have already backed the bid to keep the £3.3 million treasure in the West Midlands.
Other big names behind the campaign include author and broadcaster, Michael Palin, comedian, Frank Skinner and the ex-base guitarist of the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman.
Dame Judi Dench said: “It is essential that the Staffordshire Hoard should be kept and displayed in the area in which it was found.
“It would have …

By Ben Lowe: The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery has received overwhelming public support to look after visitors of the Staffordshire Hoard – less than a week after appealing for volunteers.
Museum chiefs wanted 150 people to help staff when the UK’s largest discovery of Anglo-Saxon gold, found in a field near Lichfield by metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert, arrives in Stoke-on-Trent next month.
They have now filled the time slots between 13 February and 7 March when around 80 artefacts are exhibited for the first time in the county where the treasure …

By James Montgomery: A rare and detailed horse’s head is one of the new items from The Staffordshire Hoard to be exhibited soon.
The artefact will be displayed at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, between 13th February and 7th March.
80 other items are set to be exhibited, including gold crosses, a strip with biblical inscriptions and sword pommels that date back to seventh century battlefields.
The display is the first time that The Staffordshire Hoard has been put on show in the county in which it was found.  …