Hidden Histories Tour - Magic Metals and Suspicious Substances: The Hidden World of the Medieval Metalworker

Hidden Histories Tour - Magic Metals and Suspicious Substances: The Hidden World of the Medieval Metalworker
Date 3rd Nov 2025 12.30pm - 1.00pm Price Free All ages Location The Burrell Collection View map
To the makers of the arms and armour you see on display metalworking was not a science. Their knowledge of the properties of metal was gained through craft training and based on a totally different way of understanding the physical world and its substances. 

Join Curator of European Arms and Armour Ralph Moffat for a short in-gallery talk to find out more about this hidden knowledge.  

Image: Arming sword, 1200-1230, Burrell Collection, 2.80 © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection