[Dave Musgrove]

The leader of Staffordshire County Council has said that he wants the recently discovered Anglo-Saxon hoard to 'come home' to where it was found. I've blogged about it here http://www.bbchistorymagazine.com/blog/hoard-go-home
What do you think - is that where it should end up or not?

[Randal]

As an American this probably isn't any of my business. However, as a tourist and someone interested in viewing historical artifacts I do have an opinion in which people on both sides of the issue might be interested.

Simple put this is a money issue. By keeping the artifacts in London, whatever museum there will benefit. If the treasure is returned to Staffordshire County surely the museum there would benefit (not to mention the tourism business throughout the entire region).

Here's the solution. Keep the hoard in London for ease of access by tourists and scholars as well as for obvious marketing reasons but split the proceeds with Staffordshire County. Along with the exhibit include information about where and how the treasure was found, hopefully generating interest in a day trip or long weekend to the country-side.

[My Ladys Wardrobe]

Living in East Anglia, there have been many finds which reflect the history of the locality but are also national finds. An example is the Sutton Hoo find.

The site is interesting, but the visitors centre is excellent with a wonderful recreation of the King's Burial showing how it may have looked when the King was laid to rest in his ship and his barrow. The famous Sutton Hoo Helmet and other treasures are in London. Admittedly reproductions were made of some of the items and these are on display at Sutton Hoo, but the original items are in London, out of context and out of the place where there were found.

Britain as a whole is a country that reeks of history. We Brits can be rather blase and complacent about all the history that dates back thousands of year which is all around us. I don't know why, perhaps it is because all the interesting finds are hidden away in London?

This Saxon hoard should be catalogued and put on display in the place it was found. It will bring IN tourism and therefore revenue which is not just that which the museum receives, but also in the surrounding area through shops and hotels and local businesses. It will allow local schools, FE/HE Colleges, Outreach and other groups to experience THEIR history where it happened. It will let visitors to the area and to Britain experience the different localities and their unique perspectives and histories.

A find like this Saxon hoard should not be kept clinically in an ivory tower in London. Our capital city may be chock full of history, but it is not what Britain is. It is a part of Britain and her heritage.

Lets keep national treasures like this where they were found or at least in the same county. Lets not keep filling up London's museum archives with all the treasures from around Britain. Lets share them for all to see where they belong - in their own home.

[Rosalind]

I agree. Britain is not just London. Some of the best museums I have visited are outside London, and if people are really interested in the new hoard then they will travel to see it.

[SharonjTelles]

It will bring IN tourism and therefore revenue which is not just that which the museum receives, but also in the surrounding area through shops and hotels and local businesses.

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