Today for the first time in almost 170 years, the Mold cape will be on public display in North Wales. The cape was found in 1833 lying in an early Bronze Age burial mound and was purchased by the British Museum three years later. The cape is one of the Museum’s top ten treasures and is the largest example of decorated prehistoric gold-work ever found in Europe. Neil MacGregor Director of the British Museum commented "The British Museum is delighted to be loaning the Mold gold cape to Wales."
The cape forms the centrepiece of the exhibition Re-Creations: Visualizing Our Past which will be shown at Wrexham County Borough Museum between September 26th and December 17th. The exhibition was created by the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales (NMGW) and looks at how the past can be brought to life through reconstruction. Dr Mark Redknap of NMGW, originator of the exhibition, said: ‘The excitement of recreating our past is evident in this exhibition through the collaboration of archaeologists, artists, craftsmen, historians and scientists’.
The exhibition will be opened today by Alun Pugh, Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport who said: "The Mold cape is a unique treasure and one of the finest examples of Bronze Age gold work in existence anywhere in the world. With this extraordinary piece back in North Wales for the first time for 170 years, I am sure there will be no shortage of visitors who want to see this fascinating piece of Wales’ prehistoric past. I am very proud that the Assembly Government has been able to help bring this remarkable treasure back to the area it was found".
More, with pictures at http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/council/news/recreations.htm
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