English Heritage

English Heritage core funds Heritage Open Days and is The Civic Trust’s key partner in co-ordinating the event, sharing staff and other resources for which The Civic Trust is enormously grateful.

English Heritage is the champion of England’s historic environment, working to broaden public access to heritage and increase people’s understanding of the past. The Outreach team works to engage both volunteers and visitors from under-represented groups with Heritage Open Days.

By employing some of the country’s best conservationists, archaeologists and historians, English Heritage helps people to enjoy and appreciate the unsurpassed riches of England’s landscapes and buildings.

Members have direct access to the knowledge and views of these experts through the member’s handbook, the quarterly magazine Heritage Today, a comprehensive website and most importantly, free access to over 400 historic properties.

For more information about becoming a member or visiting English Heritage properties, call 0870 333 1181 or visit http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

The Open University

Indulge your passion for arts and culture with The Open University

Is the pen mightier than the sword? What’s the difference between fame and infamy? What happens when different cultures collide? Does the past really inform the present? Why do traditions change? Get to grips with these compelling questions and more with an OU arts and culture course.

If you’re curious about your local heritage, then why not start with our arts short course Heritage, whose heritage? (A180).  You can explore who protects our heritage and how you can get involved.  This short course only takes 15 weeks and is entirely online, so you can learn flexibly at home at a time to suit you.

Or if you would like a broader understanding of many of the significant arts and cultural movements of the last centuries, you might prefer the course The arts past and present (AA100).  This is a broadly focused course designed to satisfy your curiosity.  It introduces you to university-level study in the arts across a range of subject areas, including history, art history, philosophy, classics, history of science, religious studies, music and literature.

Click here to find out more and request a free prospectus.

Department for Culture Media and Sport

The DCMS is responsible for Government policy on the arts, sport, the National Lottery, tourism, libraries, museums and galleries, broadcasting, creative industries including film and the music industry, press freedom and regulation, licensing, gambling and the historic environment.

The Department is also responsible for the listing of historic buildings and scheduling of ancient monuments, the export licensing of cultural goods, the management of the Government Art Collection and for the Royal Parks Agency. It has been a supporter of Heritage Open Days since its establishment in the early nineties.

http://www.culture.gov.uk/

Chester Civic Trust, Chester City Council & Donald Insall

Heritage Open Days is delighted that the 2008 national launch will by hosted by Chester.

The Chester Civic Trust and Chester City Council are proud to be associated with this most important annual celebration of our architectural heritage. We believe that Chester, with its historic city centre dating back over 2000 years, exemplifies the importance of caring for our built environment, for current and future generations.

This is a very special year for the city as it is the 40th anniversary of the production of Donald Insall’s seminal report ‘Chester a Study in Conservation’.

Heritage Open Days in Chester is a partnership event involving the national Civic Society movement, Chester City Council and Chester Civic Trust, with generous sponsorship support this year from Donald Insall Associates. This event would not be possible without the involvement of the many building owners and managers to whom we are most grateful.

http://www.chester.gov.uk/
http://www.chestercivictrust.org.uk/
http://www.donaldinsallassociates.co.uk/

Council of Europe

Heritage Open Days is part of the European Heritage Days family, a Council of Europe scheme, initiated in 1991.

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/Aware/EHD/default_en.asp