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…
Former Electrical Substation in Bristol Listed
The 1906 Underfall Yard substation, on Avon Crescent, Bristol, had been designated as a Grade II Listed Building for it’s early and innovative use of concrete construction and as a rare survivor from a pioneering period of electricity development. It was built to service the adjacent docks. The listed substation is among a number of…
Lecture on the ‘Architecture and the Face of Coal’, the 20th Century Society, July 6th 2023
Professor Gary Boyd, Professor of Architecture at Queen’s University, Belfast, will be speaking to the 20th Century Society on the 6th July about the impact of architecture on the UK’s coal industry during the 20th century. This will include its crucial role as a force for modernisation and the part it played in enhancing worker…
Marketing the Manchester Ship Canal: New Exhibition
The latest temporary exhibition at the Central Library in Manchester looks at the way in which the Manchester Ship Canal was promoted in the early 20th century. ‘Marketing the Manchester Ship Canal 1919-1939’ is curated by Martin Dodge, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester. The exhibition will include some of the…
Historic England Report on Air Source Heat Pumps in Historic Buildings Published
Historic England has published a research paper which examines ten small-scale case studies of historic properties installing air source heat pumps as their primary means of heating. Although none of the case studies look at industrial sites, most deal with 18th and 19th century buildings with a range of building construction types many of which…
Industrial Heritage Support 