AIA Award Winners 2019 AIA presented seven awards for various achievements in the field of industrial archaeology and heritage at its conference in Bridgwater in August 2019. Most were presented…

You can now order paper versions of our publications online via the AIA website at low prices whilst stocks last: Back copies of Industrial Archaeology Review Most single issues of…

Big Stuff is a triennial conference focused on the particular challenges of preserving and interpreting large technology objects. The first Big Stuff conference was held in Canberra, Australia, as a…

James Watt died on 25th August 1819 and 2019 is the bicentenary year of his death. As a scientist, inventor and engineer James Watt contributed to steam-engine development, invented the…

James Watt died on 25th August 1819 aged 83. To commemorate his life the Etruria Industrial Museum is organising a series of events. The museum includes Shirley’s 1857 Bone &…

Welcome to the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s e-news Bulletin, a new quarterly publication of stories containing updates on what we’ve been doing recently, and other industrial archaeology news. The bulletin…

The second meeting of Council for 2019, was held in London on 8th June. The chairman, Mike Nevell, noted with regret the deaths of Ray Riley, Richard Hills, Joan Day…

Radstock Museum is in North East Somerset just 9 miles from Bath. The award winning Museum celebrates the history of the Somerset Coalfield in the Victorian era. With galleries on…

Bridgwater & Taunton College Friday 9th August – Wednesday 14th August 2019 The weekend will commence with a seminar on the Friday organised by the Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society in…