“This is the finest collection of objects from Viking-age England that you can see on display in a museum in this country [U.K.],” says Dr Adam Parker, curator of archaeology at York Museums Trust.
If you’re near York (a convenient 30 hours travelling time from NZ!), the Viking North exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum sounds well-worth checking out.
“It’s showing a coming together of cultures, it’s a development in cultural change, it represents the creation of Anglo-Scandinavian identity in the north in the ninth and 10th centuries AD”.“This is the finest collection of objects from Viking-age England that you can see on display in a museum in this country [U.K.],” says Dr Adam Parker, curator of archaeology at York Museums Trust.
I'll go check it out and report back
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