Part of the Industrial Heritage Support Project
Last Friday, another Industrial Heritage Network took the first step towards creating robust, peer to peer support for industrial heritage sites and organisations throughout the region. The inaugural meeting of the Industrial Heritage Network South East (IHNSE) took place on a beautiful, sunny day at Amberley Museum. The IHNSE brought together a variety of members and joined the family of Industrial Heritage Networks (IHNs) across England.
Historic England’s crowd-funding appeal to raise funds towards the restoration of the Jubilee Coronet at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings closes in a matter of days and they still need your help to reach their target.
As the world’s first iron-framed building in the world, the Main Mill is an extraordinary example of the nation’s industrial heritage, embodying significant changes in factory design and structural engineering. The Main Mill was the first fireproof, multi-storey structure of its kind and is known as the grandparent of the modern day skyscraper.
Join us at the Industrial Archaeology Conference 2019!
Saturday 26th October 2019 at Devizes Town Hall from 09:30 to 16:30.
The conference is organised by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society and the Wiltshire Museum. Speakers include:
How do we get visitors to engage with our collections? How do we ensure our collections are relevant to the modern audiences? Could local communities and other visitors become more involved in how we manage our collections?
These were just some of the questions we looked at during the Industrial Heritage Network North West (IHNNW) meeting last Thursday at the National Waterways Museum (Boat Museum) in Ellesmere Port.
Bright Water Landscape Partnership, the Industrial Heritage Network North East member, are looking for a provider to come and work with them to deliver two village Atlas’s as part of the Discover Brightwater Landscape Partnership. The partnership is working along the river Skerne in South West Country Durham and Darlington.
Call for Papers
Science Museum Group Research Conference 2019: The Place of Industry
The 2019 Science Museum Group Research Conference will take place 4-5 November 2019, at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. There, on an internationally significant industrial heritage site, in the world’s first industrial city, we will emphasise the place of industry.
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Hayle Heritage Centre, member of the Industrial Heritage Network Cornwall & Devon, is currently celebrating its reopening for the Summer Season. Everyone is welcome and entry is free!
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