UK Hoards

The 11th-century Chew Valley Hoard will return to the Museum of Somerset next summer, with plans for a dedicated gallery.

National Heritage Memorial Fund confirms acquisition of the Melsonby Hoard by Yorkshire Museums Trust; over 800 Iron Age objects discovered by a detectorist in 2021 will be conserved and researched for future display.

BMAG offers free, bookable guided sessions to view the Staffordshire Hoard gallery from 19 July to 30 August 2025 ahead of full reopening later in the year.

A curator-led tour provided public access to view the Herefordshire Viking hoard in museum storage in Hereford on 17 June 2025.

Norwich Castle Museum acquired 129 Anglo-Saxon gold coins and objects from the West Norfolk Hoard with NHMF and partner funding; the hoard is now on display in the museum’s Anglo-Saxon & Viking Gallery.

Chelmsford confirms acquisition of the Great Baddow Hoard of 933 Iron Age gold staters (found in 2020) with National Lottery Heritage Fund support; display is planned after conservation.

Chelmsford Museums issued a call-out for practitioners to help interpret the newly acquired Great Baddow Coin Hoard through community and school workshops.

Sixteen Roman silver coins found at Barton Bendish by a detectorist were declared treasure at Norfolk Coroner’s Court.

Lincolnshire’s listings show a treasure inquest scheduled on 12 February 2025 for an Iron Age coin hoard case (2023 T175).

1,368 early Roman coins went on temporary display at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum from 11 January to 30 March 2025; fundraising continues pending TVC valuation.

Oxfordshire County Council and the Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum launched a £10,500 crowdfunder to acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detector user in August 2020 at Rotherfield Peppard; the assemblage was found in a ceramic urn sealed by a quern stone and includes harness fittings, a brooch, an enamelled patera handle, a Roman coin and a lead weight.

National Museums Scotland confirmed a rock crystal jar from the Galloway Hoard, discovered by a metal detectorist in 2014, will go on public display at Kirkcudbright Galleries from 8 November 2025.

Yorkshire Museum announced a major exhibition featuring significant Viking-age material, including the detectorist-found Vale of York hoard co-owned with the British Museum.

Mansfield District Council said 22 Roman silver coins found by a metal detector user near Mansfield Woodhouse in 2007 have gone on public view for the first time at Mansfield Museum.

Tamworth Borough Council announced new displays at Tamworth Castle, including 18 previously unseen Staffordshire Hoard pieces on loan from Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham Museum Trust.