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    • A photo of a wide grey brick mansion building amid landscaped gardens
      Article: News Abbot's Hall reopens with plans for happiness at Stowmarket's Museum of East Anglian Life
      An 18th century hall set amid 75 acres of farmland in East Anglia, which reopened to the public earlier this year following a £3 million makeover, aims to be good for your wellbeing.
      13 July 2012
    • Ancient Technology Centre
      Event: Seasonal event, Workshop or activity session County: Dorset Ancient Winter Day
      See the crafts and skills that thousands of winters have seen before. See the blacksmith working in the Roman smithy and participate in various activities in the Earthouse. Come and talk to the people who have helped to ...
      Ancient Technology Centre | Wimborne | 7 December 2013
      Tags: BBC Countryfile
    • A photograph of the sea and jagged rocks
      Article: News Artists in residence wanted for St Kilda
      The National Trust for Scotland and Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre are offering two artists the chance to live on the remote archipelago of St Kilda this summer.
      10 April 2013
    • Article: News Birthplace Trust, galleries and museums to "bypass barriers" in Shakespeare Week 2014
      Dozens of cultural institutions across the country will help the inaugural Shakespeare Week inspire millions of people when it launches in March 2014.
      17 April 2013
    • A computerised image of what the new museum is expected to look like.
      Article: News Britain's first Gaelic museum is to open in Stornoway thanks to lottery funding
      The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced today that it is investing £4.6 million to restore Lews Castle in Stornoway as a museum, archive and hotel.
      22 November 2011
    • Heavy horse ploughing field at Chiltern Open Air Museum
      Venue: Agricultural site, Museum, Garden, parklands or rural site, Heritage site, Historic house or home County: Buckinghamshire Chiltern Open Air Museum Chalfont St Giles
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      Article: Feature Clay and Copper – Discovering mining methods at Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum
      Jamie Maddison visits Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum and Parkland and to find reminders of Cornwall's mining heritage amid the popular industrial museum's clay pits, heritage buildings and parkland.
      11 July 2012
    • A photo of people walking along a field dressed as huge skeletons and carnivalesque animals
      Article: Preview Come Carnival: Works by Markéta Luskačová and Francis West at London's Piper Gallery
      Czech carnivals and a "Pandora's Box" of shape-shifting, imaginary scenes as photographer Markéta Luskačová and painter Francis West combine mystical forces.
      23 May 2013
    • a photo of a ruined beam engine house perched on the edge of a cliff with blue sea beyond
      Article: Feature Cornish Mining World Heritage: The Count House and coast at Botallack Mine, St Just
      Jamie Maddison continues his journey across the Mining Heritage Landscape of Cornwall by following an audio trail that uncovers the story of Botallack Mine, St Just.
      17 October 2012
    • Resource: Guided tour County: Suffolk Crowe Street Cottage Tours
      Museum Of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket
      Museum Of East Anglian Life | Stowmarket
    • Venue: Library County: Merthyr Tydfil Dowlais Library Merthyr Tydfil
    • Valence House Museum
      Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: Essex Edward Pond Exhibition
      An exhibition of art works from the Museum collection by this famous local artist.
      Valence House Museum | Dagenham | 3 August — 21 September 2013
    • Enfield Museum's temporary exhibition space, currently full of sporting equipment through the years for the 'Our Sporting Life' exhibition
      Venue: Archive, Museum County: Greater London Enfield Museum Enfield, Middlesex
    • a photo of an old stone bridge and river with waterfall
      Article: Feature Exploring Cornish Mining Heritage: The Duke of Bedford's Grand Plan for Tavistock
      Jamie Maddison takes an audio tour round Tavistock with the help of a podcast developed by Cornish Mining World Heritage.
      17 August 2012
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    • Article: Preview Free entry to heritage sites across Scotland: Top Picks for Doors Open Days 2012
      Every September built heritage sites around Scotland open their doors to the public for free. Here are some of our recommendations for this year.
      17 August 2012
    • Gayle Mill Trust Logo
      Venue: Heritage site County: North Yorkshire Gayle Mill Trust Hawes
    • Victory Shaft Headgear at Geevor Tin Mine
      Venue: Industrial heritage site, Museum, Archive, Heritage site County: Cornwall Geevor Tin Mine Museum and Heritage Centre Penzance
    • Resource: Guided tour County: Cheshire Group Visits, Talks and Tours
      Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum, Crewe
      Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum | Crewe
    • A photo of a small mottled yellow and green cross from an archaeological investigation
      Article: News In Pictures: "Great Hall" used for Anglo-Saxon royal feasts found in Lyminge excavation
      A "remarkably preserved" Great Hall used by pre-7th century Anglo-Saxon Kings to entertain dozens of guests has been found in an "entirely unanticipated" discovery in Kent.
      02 November 2012
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