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  • Cambridge IAG – Cambridgeshire Inventions

    Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Evening talk by Mary Burgess, Local Studies Librarian at the Cambridgeshire Collection. (and Mince Pies!) All welcome. There will be no Meetings in January & February 26', but we will…

  • Berkshire IAG – Newbury Breweries

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

    Beer was almost certainly brewed in Newbury before it was Newbury, but the business of the Common Brewer – brewing beer for wholesale to homes and drinking establishments – is more…

  • Somerset IAS – Mining Engineering in Cornwall (Online)

    Online

    Mine explorer Ben Sumpter talks about mining engineering in Cornwall, where a distinctive and technologically advanced approach to deep metal mining was developed, which was then exported across the globe…

  • Norfolk IAS – Members’ evening (Zoom)

    Online

    We are looking for short (20mins max) presentations from members. If any member wishes to have a practice session please make contact with me (Philip): nocerous@ntlworld.com Note 8th not 1st…

  • Berkshire IAG – Bracknell Before The New Town

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

    Bracknell is well known for being one of the ‘new towns’ built after the Second World War to relieve the pressure of housing and industry in London – but the…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • SERIAC 2026

    South Eastern Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference Keep the date. More details to be announced

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.