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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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Curious Collections of the National Trust

Posted on 1st February 2019 by Guest Writer

A wooden pet, a grenade that looks like a perfume bottle and a prosthetic leg for dancing - not what immediately comes to mind when I think of things the….

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People Power – making the internet better!

Posted on 25th January 2019 by Sarah Holloway

Last week we co-hosted our first wikithon. That’s a workshop where anyone, including digital dinosaurs like me, can learn how and go on to actually edit Wikipedia….

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New year resolutions

Posted on 7th January 2019 by Sarah Holloway

Yep, it's that time. We're back from the festive break and swinging into gear for our bright, birthday year. We've set some New Year resolutions to guide….

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HODs Quiz of the Year

Posted on 18th December 2018 by Sarah Holloway

Sharpen your wits and pencils – it’s quiz time! One of the things l love most this time of year is the bumper selection of crosswords and quizzes. My family….

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Collections by Candlelight – the awesome archives of the Royal Society

Posted on 5th December 2018 by Guest Writer

Science, candles and dance in an archive? – Sounds like an interesting, and potentially explosive combination! Yes I did a double take too when I saw the leaflet for….

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Read All About It!

Posted on 29th November 2018 by Annabelle Thorpe

All publicity is good publicity, isn’t that how the saying goes?  Perhaps it might be more accurate to say that all publicity is hard-won publicity – in….

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Festival themes – what’s the big idea?

Posted on 22nd November 2018 by Sarah Holloway

We recently announced our theme for 2019's festival – People Power. It’s the third year we’ve had a national theme so a good time to pause and….

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Introducing… Sharing Repton: Historic Landscapes for All

Posted on 5th November 2018 by Sarah Holloway

This year The Gardens Trust are leading an inspiring project piloting ways to engage new people with the wonders of our gardens and landscape history. I've been….

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A Tale for Halloween

Posted on 29th October 2018 by Sarah Holloway

The nights are drawing in, and as All Hallows Eve approaches it is time to settle by the fireside for a scary yarn or two. To tell such tales who better than Siân….

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An adventure through social media

Posted on 22nd October 2018 by Andrew Henderson

Over the last 6 months, our volunteer social media assistants, Carrie and India, have been helping create a buzz about Heritage Open Days (HODs) on our Twitter,….

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