About This Event

The Dig: A Story Unearthed is a temporary exhibition sharing stories of the real people featured in the hit Netflix film. The film, which starred Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown and Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty, was based on the John Preston novel of the same name. It explores the excavation of the Great Ship Burial in 1939, which revealed the final resting place of an important Anglo-Saxon king, which went on to become one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. The new temporary exhibition features some of the original costumes, jewellery and props used in the film, as well as personal histories of the real-life people that inspired it. The exhibition also includes contemporary interviews from people connected to the site or in similar roles today, as they reflect back on the 1939 discovery and the people involved.

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