The Staffordshire hoard team are trying hard to keep this unique treasure for the midlands.

Many people have recognised the benefits that this could bring to the region , but more funding is still needed.

Time is running out to find the money that is needed for this.

You can find out more about the treasure here. http://www.artfund.org/staffordshire_hoard/

There are some interesting ways of making small donations here http://www.artfund.org/staffordshire_hoard/find_the_treasure

Staffordshire Hoard Partnership

The Art Fund is leading the campaign to jointly acquire the Staffordshire Hoard for Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent.

We are working in partnership with the councils of Birmingham, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth as well as Advantage West Midlands, Staffordshire University, British Museum, Museums Libraries and Archives Council and the Government Office for the West Midlands.

Working together, the partners aim to bring the Staffordshire Hoard home to the region of its discovery; and to ensure it is enjoyed and appreciated by as many people as possible. The treasure will benefit the region culturally, economically and educationally. The partnership's aims are supported by The British Museum. If successful, the hoard will go on show in Birmingham as one of the proposed highlights of the UK City of Culture Bid Programme of events in 2013. A series of other displays will also be planned across the region, as part of a Mercian Trail that will explore the history of the Hoard. The exhibition at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery between 13 February and 7 March will be one of the first events to mark centenary celebrations in 2010 of the federation of Stoke-on-Trent's six towns.

With The Art Fund, the partners have until 17 April 2010 to raise £3.3 million to secure the Hoard. But more money will be needed in the longer term. Any money raised beyond the £3.3 million target will go towards the conservation, interpretation and display of the treasure.

Access and learning opportunities will be explored and exploited as widely as possible. If saved, the Hoard will enter the collections of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, but will be conserved, researched and displayed at venues throughout the West Midlands (and potentially the rest of the UK and beyond).

The Hoard is not only an incomparable treasure – it is a gateway to a greater understanding of the Kingdom of Mercia and the lives of Anglo-Saxon people