The second call for the RICHeS Access Fund, offering grants up to £20,000 to museums, galleries, archives, libraries, and community organisations, is open until 15 December, enabling access to heritage science facilities, collections, and expertise. RICHeS is the UK’s national research infrastructure for conservation and heritage science. Run by the Arts and Humanities Reseach Council,…
Category: industrial archaeology
Nantwich Museum Recieves NLHF Grant for ‘Nantwich Salt’ Project
Nantwich Museum in Cheshire has received a National Heritage Lottery Fund grant (NLHF) for the ‘Nantwich Salt: the story behind the growth of the town’ project. The project aims to improve interpretation, accessibility, and public understanding of Nantwich’s salt-making heritage, which had a profound impact on the development of the town. Salt-production in Nantwich dates…
Historic England Launches Revised Heritage Gateway Webpages
Historic England has refreshed and relaunched their Heritage Gateway webpages this September. The Heritage Gateway provides access to summary records from national and local Historic Environment Records (HERs). As such, it contains thousands of records of industrial archaeology sites and buildings. Its a great resouce for searching across datasets and gaining an overview of England’s…
UK Heritage Pulse’s Skills Exchange Returns
UK Heritage Pulse’s Skills Exchange, connecting heritage organisations with people keen to share their time, skills, and expertise has returned. The service, funded by the NHLF, helps organisations find support in areas including conservation, digital projects, leadership, marketing, and other specialist fields. This is a very useful resource for those industrial heritage sites looking for…
New Research Shows Canals Cool Down Urban Areas During Heatwaves
New research from the University of Manchester indcates that canals in Britain and Ireland can cool city neighbourhoods for up to 50 metres from their banks, helping to combat urban heating, especially during heatwaves. The study found that canals cool their immediate surroundings during the day, typically extending 20–50 metres from the canal banks. Researchers…
Knepp Accord: A Call to Action to Unite History and Nature for a Climate Resilient Future
Knepp Accord: A call to action to unite history and nature for a climate resilient future
SPAB Online Course: Understanding Your Old Building
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) will be running their online introduction to the care and maintenance of period properties this autumn. This course is appropriate not only for homeowners and tenants of old buildings, but also for those organisations and individuals with an industrial heritage structure to look after. This modular,…
New Fundraising Toolkit & Guide for Arts, Culture, & Heritage Organisations
A new fundraising toolkit and guide has been published by Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy and Arts Council England (ACE) to support arts, culture, and heritage organisations as the sector faces growing financial pressures and the need to diversify income. The research, which will be relevant to all industrial heritage sites and museums, was commissioned by ACE. The…
Historic England Updates Local Heritage Listing Guidance
Historic England has published the third editon of its ‘Local Heritage Listing: Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage. Historic England Advice Note 7’. Local heritage lists are ‘lists of non-designated heritage assets (NDHAs) which, due to their local heritage significance, have been identified as being of value to a particular place and the community who live…
New Book from Historic England on Industrial Archaeology of the Nuclear Industry
New Book from Historic England on Industrial Archaeology of the nuclear industry
