Mayor of Derry Cllr Martin Reilly has launched a “travelling exhibition” featuring archaeological finds from Russia, Poland and the Ukraine at the Tower Museum in Derry next week.
Five year old Branagh Rice, from Hawthorn Drive, viewing some of the exhibits at the launch of the Treasure of the Middle Ages exhibition.
“Treasures of the Middle Ages” has been developed by Derry City Council’s Heritage and Museum Service in partnership with museum colleges at the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw, combined with the support of Down County Museum, Mid Antrim Museums and Coleraine Borough Council.
The exhibition features a number of historical items from archaeological sites in Poland, Russia and the Ukraine including some exquisite jewellery pieces which date back to the Medieval period and show the great artistic skill of early medieval Polish Craftsmen.
The objects in the exhibition are the most valuable items from the collections of the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw and display a variety of different styles and types of jewellery in use during the early medieval period.
The exhibits are from a range of archaeological sites and were uncovered by a number of archaeologists – amateur and professional – from dates as early as the nienteenth century.”
Included are simple items such jewellery made from bronze and also highly sophisticated objects made of silver and gold worn as symbols of prestige and status.
Unique and historic pieces includes rings, necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets, glass ornaments, brooches, crosses, belt buckles and so-called “temple rings” suspended from head-bands.
The objects displayed were found in Poland, Russia and Ukraine. A special place is devoted to a magnificent treasure found in Borucin in Northern Poland dating to around the year 1050 AD.
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