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Last chance to enjoy Heritage

There is still time to enjoy a trip to Huddersfield to enjoy the brass band heritage archive.

Heritage
  Heritage Quay is part of Huddersfield University

There is still time to make a visit to the Brass Band Archive at Heritage Quay in Huddersfield before the current exhibition closes on Saturday 22nd April.

New home

The Archive was relocated to its new home at the University of Huddersfield with many of its 80,000 items and artifacts displayed in an exhibition entitled, 'Brass Bands: History and Culture' that opened in March on the weekend of Yorkshire Regional Championships.

The free exhibition is open to the public from Monday to Saturday.

More information:

For information on visiting Heritage Quay please visit their directions page at: https://heritagequay.org/visit/

To find out more about the Brass Bands Archive please visit: www.brassbandsarchive.com

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