The 2025 Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA) Annual Conference returns to its traditional format of weekend talks and the AGM, followed by 3 days of tours. The venue is Bradford and it will run from 5th to 10th September, with flexible booking for the weekend and following tour days. Thanks to the Patrick Nott bursary,…
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AIA 2025 Spring Tour to Catalunya Now Booking
The 2025 Association for Industrial Archaeology Spring tour is to Catalunya in Spain, from the 12th to the 18th May, and booking is now open. Catalunya tends to value most the heritage that distinguishes it from the rest of Spain, so the Romanesque and Gothic architecture, largely built while the rest of the Peninsular was…
Association for Industrial Archaeology Grants & Awards Deadlines in 2025
The deadlines for the 2025 Association for Industrial Archaeology grants and awards are fast approaching (31 January and 31 March 2025), but there is still time to consider applying for a restoration or research grant, or nominating a book or thesis for an award. Recent winners have included Wayne Cocroft and Paul Stamper for their book Legacies…
AIA One Day Online CPD Workshop 0n Cast & Wrought Iron, January 2024
The AIA are running their inaugural online AIA accredited CPD workshop on the conservation of cast and wrought iron on 27th January 2024. The workshops are for anyone with an interest in industrial archaeology, anyone working in heritage conservation and restoration, council and museums decision-makers. Its also open to anyone in the industrial heritage and…
AIA 5th East-West Workshop on Industrial Archaeology, 25 November 2023
There are still free places available on the next online East-West Workshop on Industrial Archaeology, run by the AIA. This 5th workshop explores the architecture created for or by industry, and how the post-industrial society transforms and repopulates the spaces of the industrial period. The focus will be on China, England, Greece, and Spain to…
AIA e-News Bulletin April 2022
Welcome to the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s regular e-news bulletin. Read on for updates on what the AIA have been doing recently, and other industrial archaeology news from the UK and beyond. If you have a story you think should feature in a future bulletin please get in touch with the AIA. Industrial sites receive…
AIA e-news Bulletin for January 2022
Welcome to the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s regular e-news bulletin. Read on for updates on what the AIUA have been doing recently, and other industrial archaeology news from the UK and beyond. If you have a story you think should feature in a future bulletin please get in touch with the AIA. Proposed Cuts at…
AIA e-news for October 2021
Welcome to the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s regular e-news bulletin. Read on for updates on what the AIA have been doing recently, and other industrial archaeology news from the UK and beyond. If you have a story you think AIA should feature in a future bulletin please get in touch with the AIA here: communications@industrial-archaeology.org …
Winners of the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s 2020 Publication Award Announced
The 2020 winners of the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s publication awards have been announced. These are David Dungworth, for Glassworking in England from the 14th to the 20th century in England (Historic England & Liverpool University Press), and Martin Green and Michael Jeffs, for The Ironmen of Leamington (Leamington Industrial History Group and the Warwickshire…
AIA e-news for July 2021
Welcome to the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s regular e-news bulletin. Read on for updates on what we’ve been doing recently, and other industrial archaeology news from the UK and beyond. If you have a story you think we should feature in a future bulletin please get in touch. Variety is the spice of planning applications?…
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