provides programmes that support the National Curriculum Attainment Targets in art, art and design, patterns/materials/buildings, geography, history, physical education and science. Specific programmes include Victorian Childhood, Portraits, Patterns and Materials, Nature Detectives and the Second World War – How children lived (KS2 only). Collaboration In 1986 the University of Maryland, with funding from the state of Maryland, opened the University of Maryland Study Center at Kiplin Hall, established a resource "built out of what was originally a stable house and blacksmith’s shop." It is open for students in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Washington College in Maryland offers a three-week summer course in English Literature. Lectures are presented each morning and students participate in afternoon field excursions that include historic, literary, landscape and architectural sites of interest. Influential literary figures such as Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley found the area around Kiplin Hall inspiring to their works. The University of South Carolina has a summer course (Hist 786) in England to "provide comparisons with U.S. theory and practice in archives administration, museum management, and historic preservation. It offers behind-the-scenes tours of museums and historic sites, as well as meetings with curators, archivists, administrators, and government officials to discuss the practice of public history in the UK." This includes Kiplin Hall. Awards Kiplin Hall received two Hudson's Heritage Awards in two categories "at a prestigious awards ceremony in London" on 3 December 2012. One was England's "Hidden Gem" award and the other was for the "Best New Discovery". Images References External links Kiplin Hall restored to former glory – BBC news clip Tag Archives: Kiplin Hall Kiplin Hall – Open Charities 1625 establishments in England art museums and galleries in North Yorkshire biographical museums in North Yorkshire Calvert family residences country houses in North Yorkshire Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire Grade I listed houses historic house museums in North Yorkshire houses completed in 1625 houses completed in the 18th century Jacobean architecture in the United Kingdom military history of North Yorkshire museums in North Yorkshire National Trust properties in North Yorkshire