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The Natural History Museum (NHM) is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within 5 main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification...
Historic England is the government’s statutory adviser on the historic environment, championing historic places and helping people to understand, value and care for them. HE is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
Information about the Heritage Advisory Board.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Thomas Harris, Dan Jones and Dame Caroline Michel as trustees of HRP on 15 April 2025.
This page brings together research, guidance and estimates to help government and private organisations consider the value of culture and heritage capital.
Historic England is the government’s statutory adviser on the historic environment, championing historic places and helping people to understand, value and care for them.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) manages Britain’s unoccupied royal palaces: the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace. HRP is a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport .
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