Joan is continuing with her support in the campaign to keep the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard in Staffordshire. Joan visited the hoard on display at the Potteries Museum and is continuing to support the campaign to secure the treasure in Staffordshire.
Last week Birmingham City Council Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Sport, congratulated the Staffordshire Hoard team after it scooped a top archaeology award. The team that recovered the Anglo-Saxon treasure, including staff from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, have won the Current Archaeology award for ‘The Best Rescue Dig of the Year, 2010’.
The award was accepted by Dr Kevin Leahy, National Advisor, Early Medieval Metalwork, on behalf of the project.
On accepting the accolade, which was presented at the ceremony by Professor Brian Fagan of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Dr Leahy said: “This was very much a joint award, to be shared by the many people and organisations who had worked hard on the project.”
Dr Leahy added, “Finally, thanks must go to the 40,000 people who queued for up to five hours to see part of the hoard during the short time it was on show in Birmingham and the tens of thousands who are queuing to see it now at the Potteries Museum. They are telling us that they care.”