Montacute House is a magnificent, glittering mansion, built in the late 16th century for Sir Edward Phelips. Renaissance highlights include elegant chimneys, carved parapets, contemporary plasterwork and heraldic glass. On walking through the grand Long Gallery, the longest of its kind in Europe, visitors can admire more than 50 of the finest Tudor and Elizabethan […]
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.
Mellor Heritage Project
An Iron Age Hiil Settlement with a deep, inner defensive ditch, a shallower boundary ditch and several Roundhouses which was completely hidden under a flat suburban lawn. unlike may comparative sites, there had been no indication above the ground that these features had ever existed. Follow the story of the Excavation at Mellor period by […]
Manchester Jewish Museum
The Museum is located in a former Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue on Cheetham Hill Road. It is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Manchester, completed in 1874. It is, indeed, a beautiful example of Victorian architecture, executed in Moorish style. Particularly noteworthy are the splendid stained glass windows and the distinctive cast-iron fitments. Since the […]
Lullingstone Roman Villa
Among the most outstanding Roman villa survivals in Britain, Lullingstone has been vividly re-displayed, providing a unique – and all-weather – opportunity to trace Roman domestic life over three centuries. Set in the attractive surroundings of the Darent Valley, the villa was begun in about AD 100, and developed to suit the tastes and beliefs […]
London Metropolitan Archives
Archives, family history, and a huge range of other data. London Metropolitan Archives is committed to education for everyone. . Offer services for school groups, professional development training for teachers, university students, young people, adult learners and families. Winner of Sandford Award 2009