Students from New College Durham are playing a vital role in preserving one of the North East’s most iconic heritage attractions after completing a major restoration project for Beamish Museum. Learners from the college’s Level 2 Carpentry & Joinery programme have handcrafted 12 replacement windows for the museum’s historic station signal box, combining traditional craftsmanship…
– Built using flint axes, coppiced hazel and chalk daub, the Kusuma Neolithic Hall is based on nearby archaeological evidence – – Visitors can experience the Hall this summer before it becomes a learning space in September – English Heritage has today unveiled a brand-new reconstruction of a 4,500-year-old Neolithic building at Stonehenge. Visitors…
NOW OPEN AT IMMERSE LDN, EXCEL WATERFRONT BOOKING FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED PERIOD UNTIL 15th MARCH 2026 The Last Days of Pompeii: The Immersive Exhibition is now open at Immerse LDN, Excel London Waterfront. Running until 15th March 2026, the National Geographic award-winning exhibition makes its UK debut, taking visitors on an unprecedented journey through ancient…
First ever immersive Pompeii exhibition in the UK Embark on an unprecedented journey through ancient Pompeii in this award-winning exhibition featuring an 8-metre-high immersive video mapping hall, a seated 360-degree Virtual Reality experience, a free-roaming Digital Metaverse room, replicas & artefacts Opening 14th November 2025 at Immerse LDN, Excel London Waterfront for a Limited 16-Week Run…
Wine and music played integral roles in ancient Rome; a sleepy Yorkshire village is celebrating its heady links to both. Archaeologists found a tablet at Hadrian’s Wall which, was in effect, a shopping list with an instruction to ‘bring back wine from Aldborough.’ Dr Rose Ferraby, co-director of Aldborough Roman Town Project and…
The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire has partnered with the Royal British Legion to offer around 1,000 Key Stage Two pupils a free school trip which promotes the importance of Remembrance and supports their personal and cultural development. Running on both Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 July, the interactive outdoor event will…
The Roman Baths Clore Learning Centre – a new, state-of-the-art Learning Centre at the Roman Baths – will open on 16 June and is now taking bookings for the autumn term. A former Victorian spa laundry building, along with an area of Roman remains beneath street level, have been sensitively renovated to create a new…
Connect with history where it really happened! Opens spring 2022 Experience history where it happened! Step back in time and explore the world of ancient Bath on a school trip to the Roman Baths Clore Learning Centre. Opening this spring, the Roman Baths Clore Learning Centre is a new, state-of-the-art Learning Centre at this historic…
– In 20/21, educational visits were at 1% of their normal annual level – – As we mark Children’s Mental Health Week, English Heritage is renewing its commitment to educational visits – 8 February 2022 – English Heritage has today relaunched its education programme for 2022, in a bid to encourage more schools to…
