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
• Heritage Foods
• UNESCO World Heritage Site