Heritage is anything that preserves history:

History and society

  • Common heritage of humanity
  • Natural heritage like sacred natural sites
  • Cultural heritage
  • Religious heritage
  • Heritage site like memory spaces
  • Heritage asset
  • Heritage language

Biology

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

Arts and media

Music

  • Heritage (Lionel Loueke album), 2012
  • 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), Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel
  • Heritage (1984 film), Slovenian film directed by Matjaž Klopčič
  • Heritage (2019 film), Cameroonian film by Yolande Welimoum
  • Heritage (2025 film), Iranian film by Mir Mohammad Najafi
  • Heritage (novel), 2002 Doctor Who novel
  • "Heritage" (The Littlest Hobo), a 1979 television episode
  • Heritage (sculpture), a 1935 sculpture by James Earle Fraser

Organizations

Political parties

  • Heritage Party (disambiguation)

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)

Think tanks

  • Heritage Foundation

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

Other uses

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

See also

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