{"id":15754,"date":"2017-05-31T17:04:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15754"},"modified":"2017-05-31T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T16:04:17","slug":"weald-and-downland-living-museum-unveils-6m-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15754","title":{"rendered":"Weald and Downland Living Museum unveils \u00a36m development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Weald_Downland_website310517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15755\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Weald_Downland_website310517-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a>Weald and Downland&#8217;s new funded facilities are now open to the public after some ten years of planning and development, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) investment.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Weald and Downland writes:<\/p>\n<p>Following a \u00a36 million investment, our new visitor centre was opened on Thursday 18 May by Hugh Bonneville; local Sussex resident and avid supporter of the Museum.\u00a0The complex has been made a reality thanks to a \u00a34 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, plus \u00a32 million in private donations (from individuals and charitable trusts) gathered through the Museum\u2019s robust \u2018Gateway Project\u2019 fundraising campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Over two hundred guests attended an evening of celebration that culminated in the opening ceremony. Our oxen, Sol and Saxon, paraded the Market Square that bustled with Tudor folk, 15th century tradesmen and a host of volunteers showcased ancient crafts such as basket weaving and carving. The traditional sounds of the lute and hurdy-gurdy brought the scenes to life as well as dancing by local teams of dancers, musicians and storytellers. Guests toured new visitor centre buildings, designed\u00a0to transform the visitor experience with a newly configured car park,\u00a0visitor centre, shop, waterside caf\u00e9 (opening June 2017) and community space.<\/p>\n<p>Following 10 years of\u00a0planning, designing and building, these new areas are now open for the public to enjoy and give a fascinating insight into the\u00a0Museum\u2019s collection. Visitors\u00a0will walk through\u00a0hands-on and interactive displays explaining the Museum\u2019s origins, region, purpose and collection, plus the South Downs National Park, before\u00a0entering the glorious outdoor\u00a0collection at the recreated Market Square.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.wealddown.co.uk\/hugh-bonneville-opens-museums-new-visitor-centre\/<\/p>\n<p>For more on the museum see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wealddown.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.wealddown.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0and read the article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlf.org.uk\/about-us\/news-features\/weald-and-downland-living-museum-unveils-%C2%A36m-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HLF website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weald and Downland&#8217;s new funded facilities are now open to the public after some ten years of planning and development, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15756,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions\/15756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}