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School children look at a big screen showing objects in a virtual museum.

School children exploring the National Paralympic Heritage Trust’s Global Virtual Museum. Credit: National Paralympic Heritage Trust.

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Online accessibility in action through Paralympic heritage and St Fagans’ secret garden

Learn how you can put our updated digital accessibility guidance into practice in your heritage project.

School children gather around a statue in a grassy courtyard in front of a castle keep on a sunny day

Mind Lab is helping young people see Bolsover Castle in new ways. Credit: © Historic England. English Heritage Trust.

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Bringing the remarkable history of Margaret Cavendish to Bolsover Castle

English Heritage’s transformative Mind Lab project is challenging assumptions about women, science and the past.

Shelves full of pamphlets and bookmarks highlighting significant LGBTQ+ writers

Lavender Menace in Edinburgh. Credit: Andrew Thompson.

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Five community spaces that made LGBTQ+ history

Lavender Menace, Edinburgh Founded in 1982, Lavender Menace was the first LGBTQ+ bookshop in Scotland. The shop, and its successor Wilde & West, soon became a hub where people could meet, share experiences and discover LGBTQ+ literature that was hard to find elsewhere. Today it’s been reimagined as

A person using drawing on paper with cut out images of a historical person.

Participants use historical archives to research and develop creative responses to the lives of patients from former psychiatric hospitals.

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New online hub helping partnerships promote wellbeing through archive exploration

Heritage can make a significant, positive contribution to how we feel about our lives. One of our funded projects is sharing a decade of its learnings with organisations across the UK.

Three wheelchair users protesting about the inaccessibility of public transport. They are in a busy road in London and have stopped a bus. The central figure has handcuffed themself to the bus and the person on the right of the photograph is about to do the same. The central figure also holds a placard that says “2007 WE WILL RIDE 2007”. On the pavement behind them a crowd looks on.

The Disabled People’s Archive is preserving moments of protest and community. Credit: The Disabled People's Archive, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People.

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Access and activism: the archives preserving disabled people’s heritage

Meet two projects in the north of England opening up their archives to shine a spotlight on the fight for disability rights.

A person holding a white cane and using a smartphone, in front of them is a glass museum case containing old photographs and a brightly coloured NaviLens code

The museum worked with charities and the community to adopt NaviLens technology. Credit: Flick Baker.

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The app transforming visitor experience for museum-goers with vision impairment

Blandford Town Museum in Dorset shares how it’s using innovative technology to help make heritage more accessible.

Twimukye Mushaka smiles whilst looking at a portrait of herself on display.

A portrait of Twimukye Mushaka, by photographer Karen Gordon, featured in the project's exhibition highlighting migrant stories in Scotland.

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Grantee Q&A: building a platform for a community's heritage

Nazek Ramadan from Migrant Voice shares her reflections and advice on the different stages of their project’s journey – from the challenges of the application process to the joys of providing amazing opportunities for their community.