Historic England have announced this autumn’s topics for their Technical Tuesday training courses. The free webinars, presented by Historic England’s Technical Conservation Team, provide delegates with an in-depth look at a range of technical conservation issues. The subjects include two industrial heritage-related items: a study of the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings ground source heat pump project,…
Historic England Add World War II Photos to Website Revealing Details of Industrial Sites
Historic England has made available a collection of aerial reconnaissance photographs taken during the Second World War by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). This is now accessible to the public online through the Historic England Archive. For those interested in industrial archaeology and heritage the collection includes images of many significant industrial towns…
Historic England Publishes Heritage Crime Guidance Documents
Historic England has published their Heritage Crime Risk Assessment guidance, which outlines how heritage professionals with minimal experience of risk management and crime prevention can assess risks and implement measures to address them. This comes alongside the release of their Heritage Crime Interventions, which aims to help agencies that are responsible for handling heritage crime….
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…
Job Opportunity: Bristol Museums Operations Manager Working Exhibits
Bristol Museums are advertising for a 3 year part-time post to support their Working Exhibits. The role will help to maintain and operate their steam locomotives, cranes and boats, and work to support and diversify their volunteer team in order to create a sustainable future for the Working Exhibits. This will be based at the…
Heritage Trust Network Conference 2023
The Heritage Trust Network Conference 2023 will take place from on 15th – 17th October in Newcastle and Gateshead. This is one of the most distinctive urban centres in Britain, famous for its industrial heritage, stunning riverscape, popular nightlife, friendly people and distinct Geordie version of the Northumbrian language. The Conference will focus on community heritage…
Europa Nostra Call for Most Endangered Site Nominations, 2023
Launched in 2013, the ‘7 Most Endangered Programme’ run by Europa Nostra forms part of a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage. In most cases, the listing of an endangered site serves as a catalyst and incentive for the mobilisation of necessary public or private support, including funding. The listed sites are also…
New Heritage Manifesto Calls for VAT Cuts on Repair, Disincentives for Demolition and a New National Retrofit Strategy to Meet Net Zero
The Heritage Alliance, a coalition of 200 heritage organisations in England, published in July its 2023 Heritage Manifesto. This demonstrates how heritage provides solutions to a range of public policy challenges and sets out a vision for the sector under the next term of government. The Heritage Manifesto represents the views of the Heritage Alliance’s…
AIM Success Guides
The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) Success Guides are a series of publications giving museums access to relevant and expert advice. The extensive range covers a whole variety of aspects of running a museum, from setting up a museum, to running a café, securing tax reliefs or appealing business rates decisions. Each Success Guide is written by an…
AIM’s ‘New Stories New Audiences’ Scheme Open for Applications
‘New Stories New Audiences’ is an Association for Independent Museums grant scheme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It is open to all AIM members in the small museum category (up to 20,000 visitors). AIM members in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all eligible to apply. The scheme inspires museums to stay…
Industrial Heritage Support 