Our guide to

Heritage

Heritage comes in many flavours: built, political, musical – even gastronomic. For us, heritage is a combination of all of the above, but is articulated via the incredible industrial and commercial architectural of our Northern cities and towns. Think of stately homes such as Dunham Massey, the neo-Classical grandeur of the Liver Building, or the civic pride of Manchester Town Hall. These are all buildings that speak volumes about our past. Find out more about the heritage of the North with our features or via events such as the annual Heritage Open Days.

Small museums: Manchester Metropolitan University’s Special Collections

0 Posted by 10 May 2013
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It is a million miles from the roaring traffic of the Oxford Road visible from its windows

Victorian ephemera? Check. Artists’ books? Check. It may be small, but this is one Manchester museum that has more than a few treasures up its sleeve. Some things are kept hidden away. Kept behind closed…

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The books are back in town: Liverpool’s Central Library re-opens

0 Posted by 9 May 2013
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It’s a nod to Liverpool’s literary past & its status as one of the world’s great port cities

After a £50m revamp, Liverpool’s historic venue chooses Light Night to mark its grand revival. At a time when many of us are forced to campaign against the closure of our local libraries, it’s refreshing…

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