Digital

The new exterior of Kresen Kernow with a group of concrete statues

The new Kresen Kernow archive centre has been made possible thanks to a £11.7million National Lottery grant and nearly a decade of work.

Projects

Creating a home for Cornwall’s archives

12/08/2026

A derelict brewery has been transformed into the world's largest archive of Cornish history spanning 850 years.

23/04/2013

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.

Stories

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.

Leaders of the project pose for a group photo

From left to right: Scott Cuthbertson, Director of The Rainbow Project, Mukesh Sharma, The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland NI Committee Chair, Cara McCann, Director of HERe NI and Adam Murray, Community Development Manager at Cara-Friend.

Projects

Creating Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ heritage archive

A collaborative effort will record and share Northern Ireland’s modern LGBTQ+ history.

06/09/2022

A black and white group photo of about 30 people. The front row of people are using wheelchairs, with others standing on steps behind them.

A 1991 group photo of disability arts practitioners. David Hevey is standing fifth from the right in the second row. Photo: NDACA.

Blogs

Sharing radical heritage demands a radical approach

Shape Arts’ passionate director, David Hevey, is taking a disruptive, digital approach to sharing disabled people’s voices with the world.

04/12/2023

A bookshelf of old books in an archive. The books have reference numbers written on their spines.

AI could help us make archives more accessible. Pictured: Kresen Kernow.

News

How the heritage sector can make the most of artificial intelligence

Learn how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to innovate and what you need to know to responsibly use this rapidly developing technology.

13/11/2023

Gopika Jayasree.

Blogs

How becoming a Digital Hero transformed my career and my confidence

Hear from Gopika about how taking part in the Heritage Trust Network’s Digital Heroes project transformed her future.

08/11/2023

Donaghadee Harbour with a lighthouse and a number of boats.

Donaghadee Harbour. Credit Bernie Brown bbphotographic for Tourism Ireland

Projects

Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat commemorated with exhibition space in Donaghadee

Donaghadee Heritage has secured £90,000 to bring the story of the lifeboat and the town's history to life.

26/06/2023

Three people use trowels and brushes to excavate around bones in an archeological dig

A dig on Holy Island

Blogs

How people power is solving workforce and environmental challenges

Heritage Innovation Fund grantee Brendon Wilkins on the benefits of working together and the progress he’s making towards his bold new vision for digital archaeology participation.

03/07/2023

A group of 13 people standing outside a building listening to a tour guide as part of a community walking tour

A walking tour delivered as part of the Heritage Trust Network's National Lottery funded project.

Stories

How the Heritage Trust Network is bringing the sector together to learn and develop

Its mix of peer support, events and online resources is helping heritage organisations with everything from financial resilience and governance to inclusion and digital skills.

A woman placing a manuscript under a professional digitisation device

Digitisation of a manuscript. Photo courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project (CC BY-SA 3.0).

News

Investment in digitisation: what the heritage sector wants

We brought together leaders and stakeholders from across heritage to consider digitisation priorities for government, funders and small organisations – this is what they told us.

26/04/2023

A black man waering headphones, looking at a laptop computer and taking notes in a notebook

News

Join our free events to build digital skills and influence policy

Sign up now to learn more about planning and delivering digital projects, and shape digital priorities for governments and funders.

07/03/2023

A group of volunteers from diverse ethnic communities gardening in a planter on a street

Several organisations are working to improve the diversity of the heritage sector's workforce. Pictured: volunteers with the South Riverside Community Development Centre.

News

Heritage organisations collaborating to tackle workforce challenges

We’ve awarded more than £840,000 to pioneer new ways of working through our Heritage Innovation Fund.

24/01/2023

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