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Heritage Open Days
Between 8 and 17 September 2023, Heritage Open Days returned with a packed programme of events and activities. Please check back next year for details on Heritage Open Days 2024.
2023 marked the 29th year of Heritage Open Days, thanks to the support of players of People’s Postcode Lottery and more than 33,000 volunteers. We’ve helped to manage this festival since 2011, and it's an important part of how we highlight the history, heritage and culture of not just the places we care for, but of places and communities across the country.
You can find more details about Heritage Open Days on their website.
Heritage Open Days 2023
Many of the places in our care opened for free between 8 and 17 September 2023. There were also free in-person events running across the country so you could explore a wealth of hidden places and stories, right on your doorstep.
The theme for Heritage Open Days 2023 was Creativity Unwrapped, which focused on the colourful history of creativity, covering a variety of areas from art to zoetropes. Visitors could discover what 17th-century life was like at Moseley Old Hall in Staffordshire, go on a literary 'walk and talk' at Box Hill in Surrey, join in with some print making at Blickling in Norfolk or see inside the Gothic Temple at Stowe in Buckinghamshire.
There were also some co-created events with young people at places such as 575 Wandsworth Road in London and the Bath Assembly Rooms in Somerset.
Alongside these events, there was plenty more to explore with your free entry, including collections of art and objects, historic gardens and walks through wild landscapes.
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