Editing Sutton Hoo (section)

== Exhibition ==
[[File:Sutton Hoo Exhibition Hall.jpg|thumb|upright|The Sutton Hoo Exhibition Hall with [[Sutton Hoo Helmet (sculpture)|helmet sculpture]] by [[Rick Kirby]]]]

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The ship-burial treasure was presented to the nation by the owner, Edith Pretty, and was at the time the largest gift made to the British Museum by a living donor.{{sfn|Carver|1998|p=22}} The principal items are now permanently on display at the British Museum. A display of the original finds excavated in 1938 from Mounds 2, 3 and 4, and replicas of the most important items from Mound 1, can be seen at the [[Ipswich Museum]].

In the 1990s, the Sutton Hoo site, including Sutton Hoo House, was given to the National Trust by the Trustees of the Annie Tranmer Trust. At Sutton Hoo's visitor centre and Exhibition Hall, the newly found hanging bowl and the Bromeswell Bucket, finds from the equestrian grave, and a recreation of the burial chamber and its contents can be seen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The 2001 Visitor Centre was designed by [[van Heyningen and Haward Architects]] for the National Trust. Their work included the overall planning of the estate, the design of an exhibition hall and visitor facilities, car parking and the restoration of the Edwardian house to provide additional facilities.{{sfn|Dawson|2002}}

The £5m visitor centre was opened in March 2002 by Nobel laureate [[Seamus Heaney]], who had published a [[Beowulf#Translations|translation of ''Beowulf'']].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Maev |title=Sutton Hoo lays out its treasures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/14/education.museums |access-date=2 February 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2002 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190639/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/14/education.museums |url-status=live }}</ref>