Posts From Bill Barksfield
AIA Annual Conference now open for booking
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
James Watt 2019 events in Birmingham and Scotland
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 Centenary Year Events at Etruria Industrial Museum
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 &
Act now to save the coal processing plant of the Beringen coalmine
Last year, during the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, local organizations in Flanders were already struggling to save the huge coal preparation (washing and sifting) plant of the Beringen
AIA Practical Weekend 2019 – ‘North Wales Slate’ Now open for booking
6th – 7th April 2019 Full details and booking are in the Events Diary here: https://industrial-archaeology.org/events/aia-practical-weekend-2019/
EMIAC 96, SERIAC & EERIAC 2019 details announced
EMIAC 96 When: 11th May 2019 Where: The Summit Centre, Pavilion Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts. NG17 7LL Cost: £20 per person includes buffet lunch Bookings and further details: Bob Bramson, Tel:
Museums & Heritage Awards 2019 Open for Entry
Get the recognition you deserve … The 17th annual Museums + Heritage Awards are now open for entry! The 2019 Awards have 14 categories to choose from, including the NEW
Seminar – Operating and Conserving Historic Industrial & Transport Collections
Association of British Transport Museums & London Museum of Water & Steam Hosted by London Museum of Water & Steam 21st November 2018 Following on from two successful and sold
AIA Offers new Research Grant
The AIA exists to promote the study, preservation and presentation of Britain’s industrial archaeology and heritage. The new research grant scheme underpins the study aim of the Association by: Encouraging
Leicestershire adds their events to the Diary
As Autumn approaches there are more events appearing all the time in the Diary. Berkshire, Cambridge, Greenwich, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Vale of White Horse and Yorkshire affiliated Societies are today joined
