Heritage
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Heritage refers to something which is inherited from one's ancestors. It has several different senses, including:
- Cultural heritage, a nation's historic monuments, museum collections, etc.
- Natural heritage, a nation's fauna and flora, natural resources, and landscape
- Tradition, customs and practices inherited from ancestors
- Virtual Heritage, an ICT work dealing with cultural heritage
- Inheritance of physical goods after the death of an individual
- Biological inheritance of physical characteristics
- Birthright, something inherited due to the place, time, or circumstances of someone's birth
It is also:
- Heritage (Doctor Who), a novel in the BBC Books series
- Heritage Guitars, a boutique guitar manufacturer, separated from Gibson
- Heritage Records, a 1960s Australian record label
- Heritage New Hampshire, a museum companion to the New Hampshire theme park Story Land.
- The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank located in Washington, D.C.
- The Heritage is a golf event.
- The Heritage (building) is a Millennium Park lakefront condominium in Chicago.
[edit] See also
- English Heritage
- Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Heritage tourism
- Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
