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Berkshire IAG – Kennet and Avon Canal Walk from Bedwyn to Hungerford
Joint RCHS London Group and BIAG walk This walk will cover the Kennet and Avon Canal from Bedwyn to Hungerford (5.0 miles) Meet outside Bedwyn Station at 10:30 following the…
Cambridge IAG – Centenary of Elstree and Borehamwood’s Film Studios
Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United KingdomPresenter: Howard Berry, Principal Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire A 'behind-the-scenes' presentation celebrating the centenary of Elstree & Borehamwood's film studios with: oral histories of production staff who ‘made’…
Somerset IAS – Arsenic Production in South-West England
Silver Street Baptist Church Hall Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United KingdomMining Historian Rick Stewart examines the region’s production of the notoriously toxic heavy metal When alternative and cheaper sources of copper were found in Chile, South Africa and Australia in…
SWWERIAC 2025
Walton Village Hall Meadow Lane, Walton, Somerset, United KingdomSouth Wales and West of England Regional Industrial Archæological Conference SWWERIAC took place annually until the Covid Epidemic struck. Oxford House Industrial History Society’s initiative revived the event in 2024.…
YAHS – IHS – Section AGM and Members’ Contributions
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United KingdomAfter a very short AGM, members are invited to share any knowledge of industrial history subjects. Digital images are welcome, on a memory stick. Visitors always welcome. Following meetings, all…
Cambridge IAG – Industrial Architecture as Cinematic Stage
Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United KingdomPresenter: Dr Gordon Davies (volunteer, Cambridge Museum of Technology) Dams, mines, power stations, railways (and more industrial architecture!) have featured in 130 years of cinematic history, ever since Louis Lumière first…
EERIAC 2025
Prickwillow Museum Main Street, Prickwillow Ely, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomOutline Programme: Free Tea, Coffee and Biscuits on arrival 09:30 Morning lectures Buffet Lunch Afternoon visit to the Stretham Old Pumping Engine, Green End, Stretham, Ely CB6 3LE Costs: £10…
The AIA organises a number of events each year:
Usually in Spring, is the AIA Practical Day (or weekend). Formerly known as the ‘Affiliated Societies’ event or the ‘Ironbridge Weekend’ it is open to everyone. The day is usually devoted to a particular topic or theme and engenders much useful discussion and debate. It is a particularly informal and sociable event, often with related study visits.
Normally in May we organise a week-long overseas Field Visit
In the summer each year the Annual Conference takes place in a different venue somewhere in the UK. We look at local industrial archaeology and history through lectures and visits. Whilst the main conference is over a weekend, there are also continuing events into the following week for those wishing to spend longer in the area.
Normally during the Conference weekend the Association’s AGM takes place and the Annual Rolt Memorial Lecture is delivered.
The Conference is often preceded by a one day seminar and the theme is usually one of a national nature.
See more details of past Conferences and past Practical Days.