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Fri 08 Aug 2010Bugs, balloons and bygone days
NATIONAL HERITAGE WEEK:More than 1,200 events are planned for a week that used to be only about cultural heritage but now embraces families and natural heritage, writes BRIAN O'CONNELL
DEPENDING ON WHO you ask, this year is either the 20th or the 21st anniversary of National Heritage Week. The impetus for the annual event came from a European endeavour, in France, almost a quarter of a century ago, which sought to open up access to cultural and heritage buildings and institutions, to a wider public.
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