March 19, 2012
The closest the Lewis Chessmen got to their home
Having worked their way through various museums in their current tour, the Lewis Chessmen are going to be put on display in the local museum in Uig, close to where they were found. The catch – they are only on display there for four and a half hours, and the exhibitions there will only include a small percentage of the total collection.
From:
BBC News
8 September 2011 Last updated at 11:48
Lewis Chessmen return ‘home’ to Uig Museum exhibitionSix Lewis Chessmen are to go on display at a museum close to where more than 90 of the historic pieces were found buried in a sand dune in 1831.
A knight, pawn, warder, king, queen and bishop will be on public display at Uig Museum for four-and-a-half hours on 13 September.
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