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…
Historical England Technical Conservation Webinar: What is Embodied Carbon? 27 June 2023
These free webinars, presented by Historic England’s Technical Conservation Team, provide delegates with an in-depth look at a range of technical conservation topics. On 27 June HE will be running a free session highly relevant to industrial heritage sites on ‘What is embodied carbon, how it is relevant to existing buildings and what the UK…
Bourn Windmill, Cambridgeshire, Re-opens after Three-Year Restoration
One of the UK’s oldest working windmill, Bourn Mill is to reopen to the public after the completion of extensive repairs. According to recent Historic England research, the main post of Bourn Mill is from a tree felled in the first half of the 16th century, making this the earliest main post of a mill yet…
Sheffield Museums Calls for Public Help in Recovering Kelham Island Stolen Objects
Sheffield Museums, the charity which runs Kelham Island Museum, are appealing to the public for help in recovering items stolen during a burglary at Kelham Island Museum on Sunday, 14th May 2023. Twelve items relating to metalworking in the city, some on loan from Sheffield Assay Office and those featured in displays created by the…
Historic England Launch Latest Online Training Courses
The latest round (May 2023) of Historic England online training for the heritage sector has been released on their bespoke Learning Platform. The platform hosts CPD programmes aimed at professionals whose advice-giving and decision-making impacts the historic environment, in particular local authority officers. The programme ‘Heritage in Planning: Essentials’ is now open for enrolment alongside a…
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