Cultures and memories

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, and a host of heritage events to celebrate the occasion!

Walton Bridges has become the only Turner oil painting to enter public ownership in the East of England, following a successful fundraising campaign led by the Norfolk Museums Service, in partnership with Colchester and Ipswich Museums.

We will invest £100million over the next three years in ambitious, innovative and transformational projects that will revolutionise UK heritage.

A ground-breaking project to create a National Broadcast Archive for Wales is set to become a reality following a National Lottery grant of nearly £5million.

People are penning poems about the places they love and pinning them to a digital map as part of a new National Lottery project – and you are invited to add your own!

It’s London History Day. Here are six of our favourite heritage stories from the city, all supported by the National Lottery.

In an era when many music venues are closing, Band on the Wall in Manchester is coming back for an encore.

Thanks to £9.4million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Black Country Living Museum will undergo a huge transformation to share stories of life in the 1940-60s.

The story of the poppy is being taken on the road around Scotland for the first time, in a purpose built 18-tonne truck called Bud.

We spoke to five inspirational women who work in all aspects of heritage. We asked them for the most important piece of advice they would give to other women looking to work or get involved in the sector. They also told us who inspires them today.

An “uplifting” tribute is to be made to the many first-generation Jamaicans who travelled 5,000 miles to make a new life in the city of Leeds.

The airfield that played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain is now home to a National Lottery funded museum, sharing the stories and voices of those who lived and served there.