Our strategy

We are on a mission to become truly inclusive and accessible.  

We’re working to break down barriers, to bring our work to more people than ever before, and to explore new ways of sharing the palaces and their stories, online and in person, with people across the UK. 

We want everyone to find their own meaning and connections in the stories we share, and so we create experiences everyone can enjoy on their own terms.  

We do this by delivering meaningful work that has a real impact on people’s lives and collaborating with communities and partners to create events and experiences that matter and mean more to them. 

It’s our job to preserve six historic buildings, their contents, their landscapes and their stories for future generations.  

We care for the past and we look to the future, which belongs to young people.  We aim to share the palaces and their stories with every school in the UK.  We use our sites and work to provide opportunities for young people to gain practical skills and experience through apprenticeships, scholarships, and our MA programme.

We recognise the urgent need to act in response to climate change and the loss of nature. Our goal is to be nature-positive and carbon net zero across all three emission scopes by 2050.