European Heritage Days ( EHD ) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage . The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites, many of which are not normally accessible to the public. It aims to widen access and foster care for architectural and environmental heritage . These events are also known as Doors Open Days and Open Doors Days in English-speaking countries.
8-423: Heritage Open Days (also known as HODs) is an annual celebration of England's history and culture that allows visitors free access to heritage sites and community events that are either not usually open to the public, would normally charge an entrance fee, or that are putting on something special for the festival. It also includes tours, events and activities related to history, nature and culture. Heritage Open Days
16-413: Is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,500 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers. Heritage Open Days 2018 ran from 6-9 and 13–16 September. Heritage Open Days were established in 1994 as England's contribution to European Heritage Days , in which 49 countries now participate. Organised by volunteers (often property owners or managers), Heritage Open Days
24-765: Is Open Doors, in Scotland there is, Doors Open Days , and in NI there is European Heritage Days, additionally in London there is architecture festival, Open House London , which tis also a part of the Europe-wide initiative. The 2018 festival took place across two weekends in September 2018 for the first time. In 2018, Heritage Open Days celebrated 'Extraordinary Women', in order to profile underrepresented women, through non-zero one 's put her forward initiative. The project
32-522: Is funded by People's Postcode Lottery. This article about an organisation in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This architecture -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . European Heritage Days The event began in France in 1984, with La Journée portes ouvertes dans les monuments historiques , sponsored by
40-559: Is one of England's biggest voluntary cultural events, attracting some 800,000 people every year. Until April 2009 the Civic Trust gave central co-ordination and a national voice to the event. Heritage Open Days does not cover all of the United Kingdom as it only operates across England, there are four other European Heritage Days events in the UK that take place in September, in Wales there
48-732: The European Commission , ensures the general orientation, definition and execution of the tasks to be achieved within the framework of the EHD. The Secretariat of the EHD is carried out by the Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage, under the responsibility of the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage. Participating member states of the European Heritage Days are: This idea
56-689: The Ministry of Culture . In 1985, in Granada , at the 2nd European Conference of Ministers responsible for Architectural Heritage, the French Minister of Culture proposed that the project be internationalised under the Council of Europe. The Netherlands held their first Open Monumentendag in 1987. Sweden and the Republic of Ireland joined in 1989, as well as Belgium and Scotland in 1990. In 1991 these events were united as European Heritage Days at
64-731: The initiative of the Council of Europe, supported by the EU . By 2010, 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention had joined the EHDs. The most recent European Heritage Days event was hosted by Armenia in September 2019. The Directorate General IV – Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe , in close cooperation with the Directorate General for Education and Culture of
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