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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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Weald And Downland Open Air Museum

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Set in 50 acres of beautiful Sussex countryside is a very special place to wander amongst a fascinating collection of nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the 13th to the 19th century, many with period gardens, together with farm animals, woodland walks and a picturesque lake. Rescued from destruction, the buildings have been carefully dismantled, […]

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

Walsall Leather Museum

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

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 leather goods. Walsall Leather Museum seeks to celebrate this great tradition and reflect the achievements of the leather craftsmen and women of Walsall. In atmospheric workshops you can watch skilled leather […]

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

The Wallace Collection

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

The Wallace Collection is a national museum which displays the wonderful works of art collected in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the son of the 4th Marquess. It was bequeathed to the British nation by Sir Richard’s widow, Lady Wallace, in 1897. Winner of […]

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

Victorian School Of The 3r's

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Closed Winner of Sandford Award 1996, 2001.

Filed Under: Clwydd Tagged With: Sandford Award Winners

V&A Museum Of Childhood

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

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 design through our inspirational collections and programmes. The Museum (located in Bethnal Green) is part of the V&A, housing the national childhood collection. The galleries are designed to show the collections […]

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

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