Heritage

  • A Pint of Scrumpy and a Game of Skittles

    The Culture and History of Somerset in a few words… Deep in the heart of Somerset lies the ancient city of Wells. Often described as ‘England’s smallest city’, it is a place where town and country meet in harmony. Situated on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills and surrounded by the beauty of Somerset’s…

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  • Fully Alive: A people’s spiritual past seen through 20th Century eyes

    Bath Abbey stands at the heart of the city of Bath, dominating the city’s skyline, and is the epicentre of the city’s cultural and spiritual life. A place of Christian worship for hundreds of years and visited by millions of tourists every year, the Abbey’s walls, windows and flagstones echo with the comforting continuity of…

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  • Sowing the seeds: American Museum launches New American Garden

    On Saturday 15th September, the newly renamed American Museum & Gardens officially opened its New American Garden, the culmination of a £2 million project that saw major re-landscaping works in the grounds of the museum. The launch day coincided with the national Heritage Open Days campaign for 2018 and was certainly a success, with over…

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