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Blogs

Many of our members, agricultural history enthusiasts and rural practitioners record their activities online in the form of blog.  Here is a selection of some of our favourites:

Beamish Buildings

Beamish Transport

Chiltern Open Air Museum blog

Lakeland Arts

A Sense of Place – Engaging audiences with the Museum of English Rural Life’s collections

Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse: Museum of Norfolk Life

Shine a Light project – exploring Norfolk Museum Service’s reserve collections

 

 

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