There are still places available to book for this year’s in-person Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Mills conference, on the 4 October 2025, at Watlington House, 44 Watlington Street, Reading RG1 4RJ. Organised by the SPAB Mills Section, the conference will focus on the maintenance, repair, and monitoring of mills and how to…
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SWWERIAC 2025: South Wales & West of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference, 26 April
SWWERIAC 2025: South Wales & West of England Regional Industrial archaeology conference, 26 April
Conservation Matters in the North 24: Transferrable Skills in Conservation Conference
The Northwest Conservators Group are holding their annual conference in December on the theme of ‘Transferable Skills in Conservation’. The conference is open to all with an interest in conservation including curators, conservators, historians, students, volunteers, interns, and related disciplines such as those runnign industrial hertiage sites. A series of short talks will explore questions…
NAMHO Conference, Cornwall, 2024
The National Association of Mining History Organisations (NAMHO) is holding its annual conference for the first time since 2019. NAMHO was formed in 1979 to act as the national body for mining history and now has over 70 member organisations, including societies, museums, and firms based in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland….
World Heritage UK Workshop Spring 2024
The Spring 2024 UK World Heritage Workshop with be on Industrial Heritage. The venue is Bangor University, North Wales, 10th to 11th April. This will be a foundation of the workshop but the topics covered will be relevant to all cultural and natural World Heritage Sites, as well as the wider heritage sector. Topics include…
AIM 2024 Conference Comes to Black Country Living Museum
Tickets for AIM Conference 2024, June 13 & 14 at the Black Country Living Museum, are now on sale. This year’s theme is ‘Heritage: at the heart of the community’, exploring how heritage organisations can contribute to the development of thriving communities. Approachable, friendly, and practical, AIM’s conference is the key gathering of the independent sector,…
Polish ‘Industrial Heritage in the Heart of Green Europe’ Conference, November 2023
Industrial Heritage Network members in England are amongst those who are warmly invited to participate in this international scientific conference at the Museum of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, on Thursday 16th to Friday 17th November 2023. The conference will be devoted to the issues of protection of industrial heritage with sensible environmental measures, issues very relevant…
Call for Papers for Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust & Keele University LTC Rolt 50th Anniversary Conference, 2024
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the writer and biographer LTC Rolt, one of the pioneers of industrial archaeology and heritage, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has partnered with academics from Keele University to organise a conference on 10 May 2024 to celebrate his life and the continuing legacy of his work….
Museums Association Conference 2023: the Power of Museums
The Museums Association hybrid annual Conference 2023 will be held at The Glasshouse (formerly the Sage Gateshead) on 7-9 November 2023, and is also available online for remote attendees. Collections, buildings and people have the power to inspire, engage and enrich the communities that we serve. But with museums facing multiple financial, ethical and practical challenges,…
AIM Annual Conference to Highlight Industrial Heritage by Coming to Black Country Living Museum in 2024
The annual conference Association of Independent Museums (AIM) will be coming to the Black Country Living Museum, in the West Midlands, in June 2024, highlighting the role of industrial heritage museums in Britain. The Black Country Living Museum first opened to the public in 1978, and has since added over 50 shops, houses, and other…
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