The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked
Museum nan Eilean, Stornoway
15 April –
12 September 2011
This touring exhibition featuring a number of the Lewis Chessmen from National Museum Scotland and the British Museum explores the significance and origins of the pieces.
The exhibition also uses supporting objects from both collections to cast fresh light on one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Scotland.
See this exhibition in its final location, on the Island where they were first discovered.
King from the Lewis Chessmen. Probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. Found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.