Heritage

Your visits help us to preserve and protect the heritage at our places and spaces - for ever, for everyone

Restored state bed at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire

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Clare Balding recording the LGBTQ podcasts

Episode four of our LGBTQ history podcast series 

In the fourth episode in our LGBTQ podcast series, broadcaster and author Clare Balding discovers the LGBTQ women who lived at our places and explores their hidden relationships.

Listen to the series
National Trust team outside Birmingham Back-to-Backs during Birmingham Pride 2017

Prejudice and Pride: Exploring LGBTQ history 

Explore the LGBTQ history of our places and the lost and hidden lives of the people who helped shape them as we mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality with a year-long programme called Prejudice and Pride.

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The Vyne rooftop walkway during a £5.4 million restoration project

How we're opening up our roof conservation work for you to see 

Discover how we're opening up our roofs for you to explore as we carry out vital conservation work to make our houses watertight for the future.

Conservators Judy Wetherall and Pete Jenkins retouching one of eight gilded sconces in the new Conservation Studio

Faded magnificence: Rescuing Knole and its collections from decay 

Discover more about our work to save Knole in Kent from centuries of damp and decay. Curator Emma Slocombe explores the project as its state-of-the-art Conservation Studio opens to the public.

Our work to protect the nation's heritage

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  • Art conservation in action at Petworth House

    Careful conservation 

    Find out about the six main principles behind our conservation work to understand how and why we protect the properties and landscapes we care for.

  • A view along the river Skell towards the ruins of Fountains Abbey

    Our 10-year plan 

    We're committed to protecting our cultural heritage and our 10-year strategy outlines how we plan to invest in the nation's heritage, safeguarding the special places in our care.

Member of staff checking the records at the Plant Conservation Centre

Plant Conservation Centre 

Hidden in Devon is a secret garden, dedicated to protecting and cultivating the rare and historically significant plants in our care.

Conservators stitching tapestry

The Textile Conservation Studio 

The Textile Conservation Studio is the National Trust’s only in house conservation treatment facility. The National Specialist Textile Conservation Adviser is based at the Studio, working with a team of professionally trained and accredited conservators.

Portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

How we are challenging our history 

We’re launching a new programme to reflect national anniversaries and public debates. This year we’re focusing on LGBTQ heritage as we mark 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. We are looking for academic institutions and heritage organisations to help us explore and research the hidden stories of our places that resonate today.

Calke Abbey visitors looking at collections of objects

Collections online 

Our collections are an important part of our heritage. From artistic treasures to the quirky and bizarre, you can explore more than 800,000 objects on our collections site.

Search our online collections
Mount Stewart's damaged Vinery

Mount Stewart appeal 

With your support we've achieved so much to transform the gardens at Mount Stewart, but we've still a way to go to fully restore them to their former beauty. We recently acquired 900 acres of surrounding land, including the Walled Garden and vinery, which are both in urgent need of repair.

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