Blog 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 along the way. Page 1 of 9 pages 1 2 3 > Last › BLOG: Curious Collections Medway Queen – a heroine of Dunkirk Posted on 26th May 2020 by Sarah Holloway Built for summer day cruises in the the jazz age, Medway Queen showed her real metal during the Second World War, making no less than 7 trips as part of the unique Dunkirk…. Read more ► Blog DAWNS.live – watching the sun rise Posted on 19th May 2020 by Heritage Open Days Last week thousands of people from across the UK got up early and snuggled with their tea and toast to watch the dawn break to live music. The mass participation artwork…. Read more ► Blog Nursing’s Nightingales Posted on 12th May 2020 by Sarah Holloway Did you know that 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife? That it is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the first Nightingale Nurse – one Miss Florence…. Read more ► BLOG: Curious Collections Take to the Skies - Introducing The Shuttleworth Collection Posted on 8th May 2020 by Sarah Holloway From ‘sticks and a bit of cloth’, to a symbol of hope and stars of the silver screen - aircraft have given us wings, and changed the way we see and travel…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts Glorious Gardens Posted on 27th April 2020 by Sarah Holloway Ok, so I don’t have a garden, but during lockdown, I’ve never been so appreciative of everyone else’s gardens, or missed so much the beautiful parks near…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts Mindful Museums for Worry Monsters Posted on 7th April 2020 by Sarah Holloway Soothe cares + help historians of the future! In worrying times wandering museums and galleries has always been a good way to get a little peace and perspective for me.…. Read more ► Blog Take 5 with the Team Posted on 20th March 2020 by Sarah Holloway Best laid plans… are constantly updated, and that’s never been more true than right now. Along with many others we have cancelled all our carefully planned…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts Meddlesome (or Marvellous) Millie Posted on 6th March 2020 by Sarah Holloway Introducing: Millicent Fanny Sutherland Leveson Gower - she has a mouthful of a name, but my, what a life! Many thanks to Sylvia Baddeley, one of our fantastic local…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts ‘Your Ever Loving G’ Posted on 11th February 2020 by Sarah Holloway Such a simple phrase to sign off a letter, but the hunt for 'G' has ignited a spiralling story of love that's inspiring people across the globe.…. Read more ► BLOG: Curious Collections CFCCA – a Contemporary Chinese Collection Posted on 24th January 2020 by Sarah Holloway So this is an intriguing picture...and there's an interesting story to go with it! Allow me to introduce Katie Waring from the CFCCA... and wish you all a prosperous…. Read more ► Page 1 of 9 pages 1 2 3 > Last › Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn+
