Awards for Heritage Sites Where Learning Comes First
Writer, historian and TV presenter Dr Lucy Worsley will celebrate the best in heritage education when she presents the Sandford Awards 2017 next month.
Palaces, castles, cathedrals and museums are among the 39 UK heritage attractions that have won an award celebrating their excellent educational programmes.
Dr Worsley, who is also Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, will present awards to the famous (Blenheim Palace and the Warner Brothers Studio Tour) and the less well known (Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall and the Winding House Museum in new Tredegar, Wales).
The Sandford Awards, which will celebrate their 40th anniversary next year, are administered by Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln in partnership with the Heritage Education Trust. This year’s award ceremony will take place on Tuesday 21st November at the Fashion Museum and Assembly Rooms in Bath.
“It is wonderful to see another hugely varied range of Sandford Award winners this year, many of which have never entered the scheme before,” said Dr Tracy Borman, Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust.
“We are particularly delighted to be presenting the awards at the Fashion Museum and Assembly Rooms in Bath, a city so closely associated with Jane Austen, whose 200th anniversary is being commemorated this year.
Councillor Cherry Beath, Chair of Bath and North East Somerset Council, will welcome guests to the ceremony, which begins at 2.30pm on Tuesday 21st November 2017.
Members of the media are welcome to attend. If you would like to come, please contact Shooting Star by emailing jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk or by calling 01522 528540.
Photographs will be available from Bishop Grosseteste University after the event.
Sandford Award Winners 2017
Abbey House Museum and Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Attingham Park, Shropshire
British Motor Museum, Warwickshire
Cardiff Castle, Wales
Chawton House Library, Hampshire
Cooper Gallery- Barnsley Museums
Corinium Museum, Gloucestershire
Coventry Cathedral
Fashion Museum and Assembly Rooms, Bath
Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Norfolk
Hull and East Riding Museum
Jane Austen’s House Museum, Hampshire
Jewish Museum London
Knole, National Trust, Kent
Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire
Leeds Castle, Kent
Leeds City Museum, West Yorkshire
Lion Salt Works, Cheshire
M Shed, Bristol
Mansfield Museum, Nottinghamshire
Museum of English Rural Life, Berkshire
National Football Museum
The Navan Centre & Fort, Northern Ireland
Norwich Castle
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Scotland
Sentry Hill Historic House and Visitor Centre, Northern Ireland
Temple Newsam House, West Yorkshire
The Englefield Estate, Berkshire
The Geffrye Museum, London
Valence House Museum, London
Verulamium Museum, St Albans
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Weald and Downland Living Museum, West Sussex
Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, Cheshire
Weston Park, Shropshire
Winding House Museum, Wales
York’s Chocolate Story
Notes to editors:
• The Sandford Awards were established in 1978 by Lord Sandford to encourage those responsible for running historic houses and guide their educational endeavours by monitoring standards.
• The awards were originally administered by the Council for Environmental Education. To develop the awards more fully, the Heritage Education Trust was established in 1983 and now runs the scheme in collaboration with Bishop Grosseteste University.
• Bishop Grosseteste University was established in January 1862 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2012.
• It is an independent higher education institution based in Lincoln which awards its own degrees at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• BGU has over 2,300 students, including undergraduate, postgraduate and research, with over 280 students at collaborative partners across Lincolnshire.
• To learn more about Bishop Grosseteste University visit www.bishopg.ac.uk
For more information on the Sandford Awards please contact:
Jayne Ellis
Sandford Award Administrator
Telephone: 01522 583695
jayne.ellis@bishopg.co.uk
For media information please contact:
Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star
01522 528540
07780 735071
jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
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