Heritage Open Days
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| Purpose | Public access to historical landmarks |
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| Headquarters | 20 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH |
Region | England (except London) |
| Website | heritageopendays |
Heritage Open Days(also known as HODs) is an annual celebration of England's history and culture[1]that allows visitors free access to heritage sites and community events that are either not usually open to the public, would normally charge an entrance fee, or that are putting on something special for the festival. It also includes tours, events and activities related to history, nature and culture.
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,500 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers. Heritage Open Days 2018 ran from 6-9 and 13–16 September.[2]
Heritage Open Days were established in 1994 as England's contribution toEuropean Heritage Days,in which 49 countries now participate.[3]
Organised by volunteers (often property owners or managers), Heritage Open Days is one of England's biggest voluntary cultural events, attracting some 800,000 people every year. Until April 2009 theCivic Trustgave central co-ordination and a national voice to the event.
Heritage Open Days does not cover all of theUnited Kingdomas it only operates across England, there are four other European Heritage Days events in the UK that take place in September, in Wales there is Open Doors,[4]in Scotland there is,Doors Open Days,and in NI there is European Heritage Days,[5]additionally in London there is architecture festival,Open House London,which tis also a part of the Europe-wide initiative.
Heritage Open Days in 2018
[edit]The 2018 festival took place across two weekends in September 2018 for the first time.[6]
In 2018, Heritage Open Days celebrated 'Extraordinary Women', in order to profile underrepresented women, throughnon-zero one'sput her forwardinitiative.[7]The project is funded by People's Postcode Lottery.[8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^"Homepage | Heritage Open Days".www.heritageopendays.org.uk.Retrieved6 September2023.
- ^Days, Heritage Open."About | Heritage Open Days".heritageopendays.org.uk.Retrieved10 June2018.
- ^"European Heritage Days (EHD) - Culture and Cultural Heritage - www.coe.int".Culture and Cultural Heritage.
- ^"Open Doors | Cadw".cadw.gov.wales.Retrieved6 September2023.
- ^"European Heritage Open Days | Department for Communities".Communities.4 April 2017.Retrieved6 September2023.
- ^Days, Heritage Open."A Double Date in 2018! | Heritage Open Days".heritageopendays.org.uk.Retrieved10 June2018.
- ^Days, Heritage Open."put her forward | Heritage Open Days".heritageopendays.org.uk.Retrieved10 June2018.
- ^"Creativity celebrated as Heritage Open Days announces 2023 theme".Wokingham.Today.5 June 2023.
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