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Libraries, Museums and Heritage

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 
The AHRC offers funding, grants, awards, and skills training that may be relevant to UK medievalists.

The Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Website for the BNF, with links to their manuscript collection along with a searchable database of iconographic elements.

The British Library
British Library’s website, with links to catalogues of manuscript collections, information about exhibitions, and various internal links.

The Bodleian Library
With links to the online catalogue and electronic resources.

Cadw
Official guardian of Wales's historic environment.

Council for British Archaeology
Website for the Council for British Archaeology. A good starting point for information about archaeology in Britain and the rest of the world.

English Heritage
This organization maintains a number of key medieval sites in Britain. Portal for English National Monuments Record.

Historic Scotland
Cares for and interprets archaeology, monuments and buildings in Scotland.

Jarrow Hall: Anglo-Saxon Farm, Village and Bede Museum
This museum tells the story of Bede and his time, from the beginnings of the Anglo-Saxon period through his life, death and extraordinary legacy. Home to Europe's largest collection of coloured glass from the 7th and 8th centuries alongside unique stonework and artefacts, the museum also hosts a full-sized reproduction of Codex Amiatinus.

Medieval Academy of America Open Libraries for Medieval Studies
This crowd-sourced spreadsheet records open libraries (i.e. no institutional ID necessary) useful for medievalists. You can read more about the initiative here and here.

The National Archives
Britain's historical records.

National Monuments Record of Wales
Information about buildings, sites and monuments in Wales.

National Trust
The National Trust is an independent charity that protects over 350 historic places and green spaces to keep them open to the public.

Open Library of Humanities
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a charitable organisation dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). Funded by an international consortium of libraries, the Library's mission is to support and extend open access to scholarship in the humanities - for free, for everyone, for ever.

The Morgan Library and Museum
Contains information about the collection, with images from selected manuscripts.

Royal Armouries
Contains information about collections, exhibitions, research, publications, and outreach programmes.

St Teilo's Church
Website of the National Museum Wales with information on the medieval St Teilo's Church.

World Digital Libraries
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.