AIM is introducing a series of free Heritage Trustees 101 events across England. Working with SHARE Museums East and supported by Trustees Unlimited, these training sessions are designed to help prepare those considering a trustee role in the independent museum sector. This event will be especially useful for potential trustees of the hundreds of Industrial Heritage organisations in England. The first pilot event…
SPMA Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture 2023
This year’s Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture is being held at the Museum of Making in Derby on a textile theme. The topic is very relevant to industrial heritage textile sites and those in historic textile producing regions. The lecture title is ‘The Unexpected Side of English Cloth Seals: 16th– to…
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,…
UK Government Commits to Consult on Making it Harder to Demolish Locally Important Buildings
The UK Government has committed to consulting on requiring planning permission to demolish unlisted buildings. This was in response to amendments to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to require planning permission for demolishing buildings put forward by Baroness Andrews, Lord Carrington, and Lord Shipley and promoted by the Victorian Society. Currently, most unlisted buildings outside…
Six Research Projects Funded to Measure the Value of Culture and (Industrial) Heritage to Society
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and DCMS have backed six culture and heritage research projects with £3.1m. The research projects will contribute to the DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Programme, and are hoped to create a basis on which to evaluate the contribution of culture and heritage to society. Among the projects is…
Thaxted Windmill Receives Grant Towards Conservation
Thaxted Windmill Trust Community Interest Company (CIO) has received a grant of £116,902 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for the development of a project to conserve John Webb’s Mill in Thaxted, Essex. Historic England have provided additional funds of £33,326 for the development of the project, largely towards planning for the structural and millwrighting…
Canal & River Trust to Campaign Against Proposed Grant Cut
The Canal and River Trust (CRT) has launched a campaign to reverse budget cuts proposed by DEFRA over the summer of 2023. The reduction in the grant funding DEFRA provides amounts to a more than £300 million budget cut in real terms over a 10-year period from 2027. The CRT says that this will threaten…
AIM’s 2024 ‘State of the Sector’ Survey Now Open
Following on from the Association of Independent Museums’ previous surveys, AIM are keen to assess how museums have fared over the summer holiday period and the impact the current cost of living crisis is having on the museum sector, including industrial sites. The state of the sector survey helps AIM to understand the challenges facing…
Industrial Heritage Support 