Heritage Explained

Heritage may refer to:

History and society

• A heritage asset is a preexisting thing of value today
  • Cultural heritage is created by humans
  • Natural heritage is not
• Heritage language

Biology

• Heredity, biological inheritance of physical characteristics
• Kinship, the relationship between entities that share a genealogical origin

Arts and media

Music

• Heritage (Earth, Wind & Fire album), 1990
• Heritage (Eddie Henderson album), 1976
• Heritage (Opeth album), 2011, and the title song
• Heritage Records (England), a British independent record label
• Heritage (song), a 1990 song by Earth, Wind & Fire

Other uses in arts and media

• Heritage (1919), Vita Sackville-West's first novel
• Heritage (1935 film), a 1935 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel
• Heritage (1984 film), a 1984 Slovenian film directed by Matjaž Klopčič
• Heritage (2019 film), a 2019 Cameroonian film by Yolande Welimoum
• Heritage (novel), 2002 Doctor Who novel

Organizations

Political parties

• Heritage (Armenia), a liberal political party in Armenia
• Heritage Party (Zambia), a political party in Zambia

Schools

• Heritage Academy (disambiguation)
• Heritage Christian University
• Heritage College (disambiguation)
• Heritage School (disambiguation)
• Heritage High School (disambiguation)
• Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
• American Heritage School (disambiguation)
• Christian Heritage School (disambiguation)

Other uses

• Ulmus parvifolia 'Zettler', a Chinese Elm cultivar sold under the marketing name Heritage

People with the surname

• John Heritage, (born 1956), American sociologist
• Peter Heritage (born 1960), English footballer
• Steve Heritage, member of the American grindcore band Assück

See also

• List of heritage registers
• The Heritage (disambiguation)
• World Heritage Site
• English Heritage
• The Heritage Foundation
• Heritage Day (disambiguation)
• Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Heritage tourism
• Heritage Foods
• Heritage Great Britain PLC
• Heritage (restaurant), a Michelin-starred restaurant in Long Beach, California