Galloway Viking Hoard acquired by National Museums of Scotland

Hoard is richest Viking-age collection of precious metal found in UK or Ireland and diverse with objects from across Europe

The spectacular Galloway Viking Hoard has been acquired by National Museums Scotland after raising almost 2m in just five months.

The hoard consists of more than 100 pieces of gold, silver, ingots and jewellery gathered up from across the Viking world and was found more than 1,000 years later by by a metal detectorist in a field in Dumfries and Galloway.