Date/Time:

Friday 29 August 2025, 5 to 9pm
Melbourne Museum

Duration:

4 hours

Cost:

$35
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Book:

Email our friendly bookings team at [email protected] Include your name, teaching position, and the name of your school. Please note, Museum Teacher membership is required to access this event. Your Museum Teacher card must be shown upon arrival.

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Museum Teachers are invited to the opening night of the Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard exhibition.

Buried around AD 900, 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 movement in history: the formation of the political entities we now know as Scotland, England and Ireland, in a time of Viking raids.

Along with the remarkable objects themselves, the exhibition features ground-breaking research into these treasures and what they reveal about Viking-age Britain.

In a special session for teachers, we will explore the hands-on collection, exact replicas of the precious Galloway Hoard artefacts created by National Museums Scotland. Together we will examine how the Galloway Hoard can help bring the Viking-Age to life in their classroom and the power of primary sources to inspire and spark curiosity in students.

Teachers will then be invited to explore the Treasures of the Viking Age: Galloway Hoard exhibition ahead of an exclusive lecture from Dr Martin Goldberg, Principal Curator of Medieval Archaeology and History at National Museums Scotland. Dr Goldberg’s lecture will provide unique insights into the historical and archaeological importance of the Galloway Hoard as one of the most significant Viking-age hoards ever found in the British Isles.

This is a special, exclusive event for Museum Teachers and tickets are strictly limited. Don’t miss out! Email [email protected] to secure your booking now.

Program covers

• How primary sources can shift perspectives and understandings of the past.
• Sparking curiosity in students with artefacts and objects.
• New developments in research and understanding of the Viking-age.

Teachers will be provided

• Resources and useful tools for using the Galloway Hoard in the History classroom.
• The opportunity to hear from Dr Martin Goldberg, National Museums Scotland’s Principal Curator of Medieval Archaeology and History
• The chance to be one of the first to see the Treasures of the Viking Age: Galloway Hoard exhibition at Melbourne Museum.