Heritage Crafts

Living Legacies

Leathersellers' Hall

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY, 2026
11:00 - 4:30

in-person event
7 St Helen's Place, London EC3A 6AB

Living Legacies

Heritage Crafts, the Leathersellers’ Foundation and the Saddlers’ Company are pleased to be working together to host Living Legacies, a unique celebration of some of the UK’s most endangered craft traditions. This day-long showcase brings together master makers, heritage experts and the public to explore rare skills – from passementerie and pigment making to shoemaking and falconry furniture making.

This is a pop-in exhibition, open between 11am and 4pm, with the opportunity to hear from practising makers, and for visitors to ask questions and experience these crafts up close. At 3.30pm, Mary Lewis, Head of Craft Sustainability at Heritage Crafts, will offer insights into the state of endangered crafts today.

Discover the living heritage of the UK’s craft traditions – and the people keeping them alive.

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Swire Charitable Trust
Julia Rausing Trust
Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation
Goldsmiths' Foundation
Dulverton Trust

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