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Sandford Award Winners

The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.

More than 350 sites - including historic houses, museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and collections – have received an Award since the scheme began in 1978. They include Hampton Court Palace, Brunel’s ss Great Britain in Bristol, Fota Wildlife Park in Eire, Edinburgh Castle, and Big Pit - the National Mining Museum of Wales.

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Wightwick Manor

Wightwick Manor is one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement. The many ...

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Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Wigan Pier

Closed. The ‘Way We Were’ Museum closed to the public in December 2007. Winner of Sandford Award 1987,1992,1997, 2002. ...

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Filed Under: Lancashire Tagged With: Sandford Award Winners

Weston Park

Weston Park is one of the most welcoming stately homes with as much character as any English castle and with as many stories as any royal home. Open ...

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Filed Under: Shropshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Weald And Downland Open Air Museum

Set in 50 acres of beautiful Sussex countryside is a very special place to wander amongst a fascinating collection of nearly 50 historic buildings ...

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Filed Under: Sussex Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Walsall Leather Museum

Working museum, housed in a restored leather factory. For two hundred years Walsall people have been making some of the world's finest saddles and ...

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Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is a national museum which displays the wonderful works of art collected in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: Art Galleries, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Victorian School Of The 3r's

Closed Winner of Sandford Award 1996, 2001. ...

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Filed Under: Clwydd Tagged With: Sandford Award Winners

V&A Museum Of Childhood

The V&A Museum of Childhood aims to encourage everyone to explore the themes of childhood past and present and develop an appreciation of creative ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Ufton Court

Ufton Court is an educational centre for children and young people. It is run by the Ufton Court Educational Trust, a registered charity established ...

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Filed Under: Berkshire Tagged With: Houses, Sandford Award Winners

The Verdant Works

Verdant Works is so called because when it was built for merchant and flax spinner David Lindsay in 1833 the area was surrounded by green fields. The ...

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Filed Under: Dundee Tagged With: Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners

The Tank Museum

The tank was a British invention that changed warfare for ever when it was introduced in World War One – and Bovington has been the home of the tank ...

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Filed Under: Dorset Tagged With: Military, Sandford Award Winners

The National Archives

The National Archives is the UK government's official archive, containing over 1,000 years of history. We give detailed guidance to government ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: Documents And Archives, Sandford Award Winners

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