Search results

Content type
Sector
Regions/nations

Haggis, history and whisky: how are HLF projects marking Burns Night?

Children at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum are hosting a number of events celebrating Burns.

Newyddion

Haggis, history and whisky: how are HLF projects marking Burns Night? The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum are hosting a number of events celebrating Burns. 25/01/2018 Marking the birth of Robert Burns on January 25, HLF has supported a number of projects …

The story of us: heritage and communities

Esme Ward
Esme Ward

Blogiau

The story of us: heritage and communities Esme Ward 26/01/2018 Esme Ward, Head of Learning and Engagement at the Whitworth Art Gallery.   Esme Ward, 2016-17 Clore Fellow, reflects on how HLF can support communities to engage with and share their heritage. …

National Lottery funding for nine Scottish Great Places

Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis, a well preserved Iron Age building popular with tourists
Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis, a well preserved Iron Age building popular with tourists

Newyddion

National Lottery funding for nine Scottish Great Places Carloway Broch on the Isle of Lewis, a well preserved Iron Age building popular with tourists 24/01/2018 Nine towns and cities in Scotland are celebrating an injection of £2.4million to help shape …

Craven Museum gets £1.5million boost

Designs for the new museum
Designs for the new museum

Newyddion

Craven Museum gets £1.5million boost Designs for the new museum 23/01/2018 The historic Yorkshire Dales town of Skipton will be breathing new life into its local museum, thanks to an award of more than £1.5million. The HLF grant, made possible by National …

Derelict Peckham Fire Station becomes community hub

Newyddion

Derelict Peckham Fire Station becomes community hub 21/09/2018 A former fire station and sausage factory on Peckham Road has opened its doors as a contemporary art gallery and community space. Peckham Fire Station is now part of the South London Gallery …

V&A Dundee to open in September

V&A Dundee
V&A Dundee - designed by Kengo Kuma Ross Fraser McLean

Newyddion

V&A Dundee to open in September V&A Dundee - designed by Kengo Kuma Ross Fraser McLean 18/01/2018 V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first design museum and the first V&A museum in the world outside London, will open to the public on 15 September 2018. Thanks to …

14-18 NOW: final First World War Centenary cultural season unveiled

Scene from The Great War, a film by Peter Jackson
Scene from The Great War, a film by Peter Jackson 1418NOW

Newyddion

14-18 NOW: final First World War Centenary cultural season unveiled Scene from The Great War, a film by Peter Jackson 1418NOW 22/01/2018 Danny Boyle, Peter Jackson, Akram Khan, Rachel Whiteread and ZooNation are among 237 artists and organisations taking …

London cabbie documentary premiered

Newyddion

London cabbie documentary premiered 16/01/2018 A new film documenting the lives and careers of London’s black cab drivers was premiered last week at the London Transport Museum. Arts and education charity digital:works worked with two primary schools, the …

5 ways heritage helps keep the January blues at bay

Runners in Heaton Park
Getting outside and enjoying your local park can help boost wellbeing Peter Neal

Newyddion

5 ways heritage helps keep the January blues at bay Getting outside and enjoying your local park can help boost wellbeing Peter Neal 15/01/2018 We know that January can feel like a struggle, so on #BlueMonday we’re looking at ways that HLF-supported …

#HeritageTreasures day 2018!

A hedgehog in a new habitat
Happy #HeritageTreasures day! John Ferguson

Newyddion

#HeritageTreasures day 2018! Happy #HeritageTreasures day! John Ferguson 11/01/2018 To celebrate the UK's incredible and diverse heritage, we've named 11 January annual #HeritageTreasures day. To celebrate the UK’s incredible and diverse heritage, we’ve …