The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is running a survey exploring people’s experiences and understanding of archaeological content and outputs. The aim of ‘Trowel & Error: Figuring out the past together through archaeology’ project is to help the CBA and the archaeological community to better understand what varying audiences hope to gain from archaeology. There are…
Lottery Funding to Highlight Northern England Lead Mining History
The North Pennines National Landscape (NPNL) team has been awarded £2m of lottery funding to chronicle the history of lead mining in Northern England through the ‘Land of Lead and Silver’. Along with the £2m National Lottery funding, the NPNL said a further £576,000 would follow from other funders, including £221,000 from Historic England. The…
AIM Economic Impact Toolkit Survey
The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) is currently updating the AIM Economic Impact Toolkit which assesses the economic value of the independent museums sector in the UK and wondered if you could help. Introduced in 2010 and refreshed in 2014 and 2019, the Toolkit has proved to be extremely useful for museums looking to…
National Mills Weekend Events Across the UK: May 2024
On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May, hundreds of windmills and watermills will open their doors as part of National Mills Weekend. This is run by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) and is an annual celebration of the heritage and history of mills, and the people who care for them. …
All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group Metal Detecting Inquiry
The All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group at Westminster has launched an inquiry to see what can be done to support responsible metal-detecting in England (specifically) and promote the benefits of archaeologists and metal-detectorists working more closely together. The Group welcomes written submissions (up to 500 words) from anyone by the deadline of 30 April 2024. Recent…
NHLF Announce Funding for Seven Industrial Heritage Sites
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced £14.8m in new funding for seven industrial heritage sites across the UK. In England the projects include the Old Town Hall in the Isles of Scilly which has been awarded £4.6m to reopen as a museum and cultural centre to share the unique culture, rich history, and diverse ecology of…
Claymills Research on Use of Biofuels in Lancashire Boilers
Comparative tests by the Claymills Pumping Engines Trust (CPET) across the three final ‘steaming weekends’ of 2023 and the first ‘steaming weekend of 2024, suggests that the use of biofuel in heritage Lancashire boilers is both possible and can be cost-effective (no more expensive than current coal costs), using rape seed briquettes. CPET is a…
Industrial Heritage in England Survey, 2024
The IHSO project is pleased to announce that Heritage Innovation have been appointed to undertake a re-survey of the c.600 publicly accessible and protected industrial heritage sites in England. This appointment follows an open tender process managed by Historic England. The 2024 resurvey follows on from earlier projects delivered by PLB Consultancy in 1998, and by Sir Neil Cossons in 2008. These bodies…
Exhibitions Tax Relief Made Permanent
The UK Government announced in its March Budget that the Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR) is to be made permanent. Since its inception in 2017, MGETR has supported hundreds of museums and galleries across the UK with £59 million invested, a lifeline for many museums and visual arts projects. The relief, worth up…
New Historic England Report Highlights Extent of Heritage & Cultural Property Theft
In March 2024 the results of research looking at the scale and extent of heritage and cultural property crime in England was released. This has been compiled by Historic England and National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), members of ARCH (Alliance to Reduce Crime Against Heritage). The ‘Heritage and Cultural Property Crime’ report was funded by…
Industrial Heritage Support 