The Cheapside Hoard - London - 11-10-2013 until 27-4-2014

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Museum of London
150 London Wall
London EC2Y 5HN

The Cheapside Hoard: London's Lost Jewels

11th October 2013 until 27th April 2014

This October, the Museum of London will open a major new exhibition investigating the secrets of the Cheapside Hoard. This extraordinary and priceless treasure of late 16th and early 17th century jewels and gemstones — displayed in its entirety for the first time in over a century — was discovered in 1912, buried in a cellar on Cheapside in the City of London.

Through new research and state-of-the-art technology, the exhibition will showcase the wealth of insights the Hoard offers on Elizabethan and Jacobean London — as a centre of craftsmanship and conspicuous consumption, at the crossroads of the Old and New Worlds. It will also explore the mysteries that remain, lost among the cataclysmic events of the mid-17th century: who owned the Hoard, when and why was it hidden, and why was it never reclaimed?

Opening hours: Monday - Sunday: 10am — 6pm - Closed: 24th to 26th December 2013

Admission: £10

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