Heritage Volunteers: Ensuring They are Up to Date with the Latest Legisation
Category: industrial archaeology
SW Museum Skills Online: Essentials in Application Writing
This free on line course on 10th & 17th June is designed to build skills in writing strong applications for funding, an essential element of running any industrial hertiage site. Over two sessions, the training will provide helpful information and tips to build skills in writing strong applications for funding – whether grants from trusts/foundations…
Industrial Heritage Today: Conservation & Community Event, April 23
On Thursday 23 April 2026, as part of the celebrations for the International Day for Monuments and Sites, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) UK is holding a discussion event titled ‘Industrial Heritage Today: Conservation and Community’ at the London Canal Museum. This will also mark the launch of ICOMOS UK’s new National…
Museum Development North: Introduction to AI in Museums
Museum Development North are running a free online training session on 30 April providing a short introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in museums. It is aimed at museum staff, volunteers, and trustees wishing to find out more about AI, and how their organisation might respond to these emerging technologies. The three-hour session will cover: To…
Historic England – Free Carbon Reduction Training for the Heritage Sector
Historic England – Free Carbon Reduction Training for the Heritage Sector
Science Museum Group & RICHeS Survey – Empowering Safety
The Science Museum Group is running a Collections Hazards project, ‘Empowering Safety‘, funded by RICHeS (the UK’s Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science). The ‘Empowering Safety’ project aims to increase knowledge and guidance around hazards in museum collections through targetted training, which is especially relevant for industrial heritage sites. As part of the project…
The National Lottery Heritage Fund: Museum Collections, Storage, Access, and Resilience Research
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is working with Heather Lomas and Emma Chaplin to research the current landscape for UK museum collections, including industrial heritage collections. The research focuses on how collections are stored, acquired, and rationalised, as well as the extent to which stored collections are accessible to the public. The findings will directly…
Early Engines Database Finds New Home With the AIA
The Early Engines Database of eighteenth century steam engines has a new permanent home, courtesy of the Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA). The database is a record of the steam engines constructed in the United Kingdom up to the end of the year 1800. It records only the first erection of each engine, (although what…
Historic Environment Scotland’ ‘Inform Guide’ to Ceramic Tiled Flooring
Historic Environment Scotland (HES)’s ‘Inform Guide’ on ceramic tiled floors is available to download. Fired clay tiles have been in use since the Middle Ages, and a large manufactruign industry developed in the 18th and 19th centuries. The guide gives a brief overview of the traditional, and often decorative, floor tiles. The Inform Guide explores…
Rural Museums Network Online Seminars
The Rural Museums Network is holding two online seminars that are open to all – free for members and a small fee for non-members. For more details follow the links below. 6 November – Collecting and studying rural protest 4 December – Rethinking the Rural Life Museum The Rural Museums Network is a registered charity,…
Industrial Heritage Support 