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Celebrating Patrician Hall’s cultural heritage Carrickmore in the 1940s 08/08/2016 A new photography-themed project will celebrate the heritage of the much-loved arts and cultural venue in Carrickmore, County Tyrone. The Patrician Hall has hosted …

Launching our new Heritage Endowments programme The American Air Museum at Duxford 15/08/2016 Helping people explore, enjoy and share their heritage, in all its diversity, is at the core of all we do at HLF. But that principle firmly relies on our …

Party at Rouken Glen Park Rediscovered secondary waterfall on Glen Path at Rouken Glen Park, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire 04/08/2016 A celebration to mark the completion of Rouken Glen Park’s transformation saw visitors flock through its gates to enjoy all …

Happy 300th birthday Capability Brown An actor brings Capability Brown to life in Kirkharle 04/08/2016 This month marks 300 years since the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown – the ‘Shakespeare of gardening’. The Capability Brown Festival, made possible …

Great Place Scheme puts culture at the heart of local vision The dramatic Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland Chris Hill/NT 04/08/2016 The Great Place Scheme – one of the flagship measures from the Government’s recently published Culture White Paper – …

New £15million scheme to put culture centre stage Fashion parade on Hastings Pier in the 1960s 04/08/2016 Today, HLF and Arts Council England (ACE) announced a joint investment of £15million in a scheme to place culture at the heart of local communities. …

National Lottery grant opens up huge Devon photo collection ‘JR0538-21’, digitally scanned from a Beaford Archive negative James Ravilious © Beaford Arts 03/08/2016 Thousands of unseen photographs depicting life in rural Devon in the 1970s and 1980s will …

Volunteers bring Iron Age building back to life Paratoi i frwydro yn Bryn Eryr 29/07/2016 A recreated Iron Age farmstead at one of the UK’s largest living museums was welcomed into the 21st century this week with its official opening at St Fagans near …

Success! World-famous picture of Elizabeth I saved with help of National Lottery players The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, circa 1590 National Maritime Museum, London 29/07/2016 The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I is to be permanently housed at the …