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Heritage Open Days in Norwich

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About Heritage Open Days 

Heritage Open Days (HODs) is England's largest and most popular voluntary cultural event, celebrating all of its fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to events and interesting properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission.

The HODs programme involves open buildings, guided tours, exhibitions, talks, family activities, window displays, music recitals and dance performances. Participating venues include museums and tourist attractions; private homes; churches and cathedrals; city centre shops, restaurants and pubs; and offices and workplaces.

Nationally HODs is co-ordinated by The Heritage Open Days National Partnership and attracts one million visitors annually. In Norwich, HEART has co-ordinated HODs since 2005, with the programme growing year on year.

Heritage Open Days 2012 takes place from the 6th to the 9th of September.

Event Registration now open for 2012 Heritage Open Days.

For full details on how to register events for the 2012 Heritage Open Days, head to our Event registration page.

The 2011 Heritage Open Days

With 176 free events taking place between 8^th and 11^th September 2011 in and around Norwich, Heritage Open Days 2011 was one of the most popular and widespread yet. Popular new events included "Elsing Open Village" which offered visitors poetry, art exhibitions in historic private homes, traditional games, craft display and dressing up for children and the "Rig-A-Jig-Jig folk dance evening" where a local country dance band played traditional folk music in St Lawrence's Church and visitors joined in the traditional dances for good old-fashioned fun! 

Supported by HM Treasury's Invest to Save Budget