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Heritage and tradition

We keep heritage skills alive, protecting the knowledge that is needed to live sustainably. We are experts in traditional arts, woodworking, embroidery and millinery, to stonemasonry, thatching, weaving and natural dyeing.  

Photograph of embroidery student working in a workshop

We protect traditional skills and historic crafts

Through our range of education courses in traditional skills and crafts, we nurture the next generation of master craftspeople, artists and artisans, ensuring a pipeline for these increasingly rare skills to be protected into the future.

15,000

students take part in our education programmes every year.

200

future master craftspeople have been trained in traditional skills by King’s Foundation tutors and experts so far.

6

skills we teach as part of our programmes are on the Red List of Endangered Crafts.

Our education programmes

Take a look at some of the courses we offer that help to protect and preserve traditional skills.

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