Examples of Manx National Heritage in a sentence
Potential developers are encouraged to discuss this issue in more detail with Manx National Heritage.
It is not intended to allow voluntary organisations to duplicate the role of statutory consultees (such as Manx National Heritage).
The Centre for Manx Studies has been set up in combination with Manx National Heritage, the Department of Education and the University of Liverpool, and has provided an opportunity for the Isle of Man to make a major statement of its own cultural identity through the research and publication of a new “History of Mann”.
Article 2 of its policy statement states that Manx National Heritage will provide “a platform for national pride and concern for the island’s heritage which is actively promoted to the island’s educational community at all levels in a positive and enriching way”.
For example, Manx National Heritage has received advice from the United Kingdom Government Department for Culture, Media and Sport in appraising its prospective submissions of sites to UNESCO for listing under the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Manx National Heritage has, through the establishment of a new three-year post in 1997 for Manx language development, in conjunction with the Manx Heritage Foundation, helped to ensure the protection and promotion of the minority Gaelic language of the Isle of Man.
Manx National Heritage has also built up an international reputation for its “Story of Mann” integrated presentation of the island’s natural and cultural heritage, which has resulted in a revived interest in the island within the previously declining tourism sector, and a European wide interest among heritage specialists in visiting the island to learn of its heritage presentation strategies and successful promotion of cultural identity.
Through the Centre for Manx Studies, in which Manx National Heritage, the University of Liverpool and Isle of Man Department of Education are partners, opportunities are provided for postgraduate study of many aspects of Manx culture and heritage, including natural sciences, social and linguistic studies.
The Manx National Heritage Education Service provides a learning programme which has seen some 8,680 Manx school visits to its sites during 1999, of which 5,397 were led by its own staff, this from a school population (aged 4-18) of some 11,563 as at September 1999.
Manx National Heritage exists independently by statute to preserve, promote and communicate the unique qualities of the Manx natural and cultural heritage on behalf of the Manx community.