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Welcome to the Heritage Open Days blog!

Here we’ll take you behind the scenes of running this amazing festival and introduce you to some friends and fascinating stories along the way.

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Queer the Pier – the brilliance of community curation

Posted on 9th June 2021 by Sarah Holloway

You might want to grab an ice cream for this one as we're headed to the seaside for the story behind an exhibition with a difference. Staff from Brighton's Royal….

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Introducing… Waterloo Uncovered

Posted on 10th May 2021 by Sarah Holloway

So here's a question for you - 'How do you do archaeology remotely, if you can’t hop over the channel to your favourite battlefield?' This is the….

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Take 5 with the Team

Posted on 6th May 2021 by Sarah Holloway

So May has arrived, with its bank holidays and bizarre weather (anyone else shivering in hailstorms?!). Much has been happening since we last ‘spoke’ but of….

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Heritage Plants - on the origin of species

Posted on 23rd April 2021 by Sarah Holloway

A popular crossword clue is to name the spice more expensive than gold*  but did you know that a favourite crumble pudding ingredient was also once….

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Let’s Bake! A rummage through the National Trust’s collections

Posted on 1st April 2021 by Sarah Holloway

Check the cupboards and choose your weapon - will you go for a hollow glass rolling pin, a prickly baker's docker or this trim little creature?! Yes, we're….

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Untapped Tales - whisky galore!

Posted on 26th March 2021 by Sarah Holloway

Who's the woman behind this iconic label and why might you order a drop of Foggie Moss? For these stories, and a thousand more, we're hopping across the….

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International Travellers – pioneering women who worked at sea

Posted on 5th March 2021 by Sarah Holloway

From stewardesses who survived the Titanic, to the engineer who helped her ship out run an enemy plane. The remarkable lives of pioneering working women who went to sea….

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Hidden Histories…a story of belonging

Posted on 10th February 2021 by Sarah Holloway

Digging into the past can be a muddy job, and not just for the archaeologists! Untangling the threads of who wrote what, and what each object means, how that may have….

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Take 5 with the Team

Posted on 26th January 2021 by Sarah Holloway

Well here we are, back from the winter break, poised, catlike, on the festival path for 2021. Flexibility is the key word, so we can leap in whatever direction is needed….

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5 Fascinating Finds from East Surrey Museum

Posted on 14th December 2020 by Sarah Holloway

Did you know that a mysterious crocodile lurks in a corner of a museum in Caterham? Just one of nearly 10,000 curious treasures in a collection watched over by a merry….

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