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  • Suffolk IAS – More Items from the Collection

    Ipswich Transport Mueum Cobham Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

    Talk by Keith Hillman. Keith has an extensive collection of tools and artefacts, and will display and describe some of these for us. All welcome.

  • Somerset IAS – The World War II Listening Stations of the South-West

    Silver Street Baptist Church Hall Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom

    Speaker Colin White has identified the locations and condition of around twenty-five World War II covert listening stations (known as "Y-Stations") in the West Country, many along the strategically important coastlines of…

  • SWWERIAC 2026

    Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

    The Worcestershire Industrial Archaeology & Local History Society is hosting the South Wales & West England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference (SWWERIAC) on Saturday 18th April 2026 at Avoncroft Museum of…

  • Berkshire IAG – A Hundred Years of Shopping in Reading

    St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading

    Talk by Ann Smith who will take us through many of our long forgotten shops.   Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3 to cover hot drink and…

  • SERIAC 2026

    Stanley Arts South Norwood, London, United Kingdom

    South Eastern Regional Industrial Archaeology ConferenceProgrammeMore than Biscuits, Beer and Bulbs – Reading’s Other IndustriesSpeaker: Jo Jones (BIAS)Brunel’s Timber Viaducts: Masterpieces or Aberrations?Speaker: Roger Davies (Hants IA)The Working CoastSpeaker: Geoff…

  • Berkshire IAG – Tiles for the Abbey

    St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading

    A Medieval tilery and occupation at 40-68 Silver Street, Reading David Sanchez of TVAS will talk to us about the dig in Silver Street which found the remains of an…

  • GLIAS – AGM + Broadcast Britain

    Alan Baxter Gallery 77 Cowcross Street, London, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture

  • EERIAC 2026

    East of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference Bury St Edmunds Full details to follow

  • Berkshire IAG – The Windsor Conduit

    St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading

    Dr David Lewis will tell us about this 16th century engineering project designed to supply fresh water to the castle   Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3…

The AIA organises a number of events each year:

Annual Conference

Pre-Conference Seminars

The Rolt Lectures

Practical Days

Field Visits

Past Conferences

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.