Rural Heritage

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Ten Documents of Cornwall: A history of a County at Cornwall Record Office

As part of its Heritage Open Days weekend Cornwall Record Office compiled a list of documents and themes that represent an overview of Cornish life and history.

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From Garden City to Green City: The Garden Museum finds a piece of heaven everywhere

Concaves of calm may be all the urban rage these days, but professional and casual architects have been making London greener for 150 years, as a new show illustrates.

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Manchester city centre gets award-winning orchard after 20-mile switch from Tatton Park

An orchard which won an award for young American designer Daniela Coray at the Royal Horticultural Society's annual Flower Show is heading to Manchester city centre.

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Curator's Choice: Pauline Rushton on Costume Drama: Fashion 1790-1850 at Sudley House

A cut working suit worn by a Lincolnshire countryman during the 19th century features in the Liverpool show.

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Andover Museum and Museum of the Iron Age's tale of Robert Tasker's Waterloo Iron Works

A cracker for industrial heritage fans as the Andover Museum tells the story of the nearby 19th century iron works.

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An Inland Voyage journeys through mid-20th century canals at National Waterways Museum

Shots by photographer Robert Longden, restored by his great-grandson, portray British canal life in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Trowbridge Museum explores surrounding villages for Beyond the Bounds exhibition

Trowbridge Museum is using photography, film and local history to investigate the surrounding villages of the parish.

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At Home in Japan: Going Beyond the Minimal House and into the Geffrye Museum

In a bid to question the stereotype of minimalist Japanese living, Dr Inge Daniels spent a year looking at 30 houses in the Kansai region of the country. Her findings go on display in an exotic......

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"Forgotten history of Sheffield" set to inspire 14-acre heritage hub project at Manor Lodge

Cottages representing the remains of the Saxon-era Great Sheffield Deer Park will be developed to tell the city's history.

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Façade: Transparent dreams in Through a Glass Darkly at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland

The Glass Centre looks at façades through the decades, from John Lewis superstores in London to the World Trade Centre.

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Land Ladies: Women and Farming in England, 1900-1945 at the Museum of English Rural Life

A preception-changing exhibition at the University of Reading highlights the crucial role women have played in agriculture.

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Melton Carnegie Museum officially launches its new rural life gallery

Melton Carnegie Museum has officially launched its new £1 million rural life gallery.

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Introducing the Revolution Manchester gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry

Collections Manager Pauline Webb tells Culture24 about the new £9 million gallery at Manchester's MOSI.

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Two Shores: Living with the North Sea at the Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Great Yarmouth's Time and Tide Museum is exploring East Anglia's ever-changing relationship with the nearby North Sea.

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The Wonders of Weston brings ambitious public art project to Somerset seaside town

Artists are placing artworks in unusual areas across the seaside town of Weston Super Mare.

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