Worcestershire Conquest Hoard on display

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Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
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Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Foregate Street, Worcester, WR1 1DT
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Date

18 Jan 2025

Time

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard – on display

Saturday 11 January – Sunday 30 March 2025 | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

In October 2023 an extraordinary discovery was made near Bransford and Leigh, a village not far from Worcester in the shadow of the Malvern Hills: a pot filled with gold and silver coins, dating to the earliest years of Roman Britain.

The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is one of the largest early Roman coin hoards ever found in Britain. It contains 1368 gold and silver coins, produced from the time of the Roman Republic (circa 509–27 BC) up to the reign of the emperor Nero (AD 54–68).

This temporary display is an exciting first look at the Hoard which Museums Worcestershire needs your help to keep in the county. The exhibition explores the context and significance of the coins in relation to this tumultuous period of British history.

Free to visit.

Access to the Art Gallery and Museum - lift unavailable

The Art Gallery and Museum is getting even better! Work is taking place from 2024 to 2027 to improve visitor facilities, introduce new displays and create brand-new galleries for the permanent collection.

Please note that as of Wednesday 8 January 2025 the lift will be unavailable while upgrade work is carried out. The lift will be unavailable until March 2025.

During this period, access to the ground and first floors will be by stairs only.

We apologise that these improvements will temporarily limit access for some visitors and aim to complete the development as quickly as possible.

Please get in touch with the team if you have any questions before your visit or if we can help you with access by carrying buggies or walking aids:

Phone: 01905 25371.

Help us keep the Hoard in Worcestershire

Please help us to purchase this hoard of gold Iron Age and silver Roman denarii coins or they may become lost to Worcestershire forever. 

Find out more and donate today.

Thank you.

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