Association for Industrial Archaeology
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The Association for Industrial Archaeology, or AIA, is a body promoting the research, recording, preservation and presentation of the Industrial Heritage of the United Kingdom
. The AIA has its offices at the Ironbridge Institute
and is currently chaired by Tony Crosby.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The AIA has its offices at the Ironbridge Institute
Ironbridge Institute
The Ironbridge Institute is a centre offering postgraduate and professional development courses in heritage and is a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It is located just outside Ironbridge in Coalbrookdale near Telford, Shropshire, in the United...
and is currently chaired by Tony Crosby.
Membership
The following organisations are corporate members of the AIA:- Amberley Working MuseumAmberley Working MuseumAmberley Museum & Heritage Centre is a museum at Amberley, near Arundel in West Sussex, England.The museum was founded in 1979 by the Southern Industrial History Centre Trust and has previously been known as the Amberley Working Museum, Amberley Chalk Pits Museum or plain Amberley Museum.The museum...
- Berkshire IA Group (Reading)
- Black Country Society (Warley)
- Brewery History Society
- Bristol IA Society
- Cambridge Society for IA
- Combe Mill Society
- Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society
- Cumbria Industrial History Society
- Derbyshire Archaeological Society
- Dorset IA Society
- Gloucestershire Society for IA
- Greater London Industrial Archaeology SocietyGreater London Industrial Archaeology SocietyGreater London Industrial Archaeology Society is the industrial archaeology society for the Greater London area.- Origins and Responsibilities:...
- Gwynedd Archaeological TrustGwynedd Archaeological TrustThe Gwynedd Archaeological Trust is an Archaeological Trust organisation established in the mid 1970s as part of the Welsh Archaeological Trusts....
- Halifax Antiquarian Society
- Hampshire IA Society
- I A Recordings (Wolverhampton)
- The Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland
- The Industrial Trust
- Isle of Wight IA Society
- King Edward MineKing Edward MineThe King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by the Camborne School of Mines of the University of Exeter....
(Cornwall) - Leicestershire Industrial History Society
- Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology
- Literary and Philosophical Society (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
- Manchester Region IA Society
- Merseyside Industrial Heritage Society
- National Piers SocietyNational Piers SocietyThe National Piers Society is a registered charity in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting and sustaining interest in the preservation and continued enjoyment of seaside piers....
- Friends of Newport Transporter Bridge
- Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society
- Northamptonshire IA Group
- North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society
- Northern Mill Engine Society
- Northern Mine Research Society
- Railway and Canal Historical SocietyRailway and Canal Historical SocietyThe Railway and Canal Historical Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways in Britain, its main objects being to promote historical research and to raise the standard of...
- RCAHMS (Edinburgh)
- Ryhope Engines Trust (Sunderland)
- Saddleworth Historical Society (Oldham)
- Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society
- South West Wales IA Society
- South Western Electricity History Society (Bristol)
- South Wilts IA Society
- South Yorkshire Industrial History Society
- Staffs IA Society
- Suffolk IA Society
- Surrey Archaeological Society
- Surrey Industrial History Group
- Sussex IA Society
- South West Wales IA Society
- Tramway Museum Society
- Trevithick Society (Cornwall)
- Vale of the White Horse IA Group (Wantage)
- Warwickshire IA Society
- The Waterworks MuseumWaterworks MuseumThe Waterworks Museum is located on the northern side of Table Mountain, between the Woodhead and Hely Hutchinson Reservoirs, in Cape Town, South Africa. The museum was founded in 1972 by Terence Timoney, a retired waterworks engineer...
(Hereford) - Wessex Water Services
- Westonzoyland Engine Trust
- Wilts Archaeology & Natural History Society
- Worcestershire Archaeological Society
- Worcestershire IA & Local History Society
- Yorkshire Archaeological SocietyYorkshire Archaeological SocietyThe Yorkshire Archaeological Society is a registered charity dedicated to the study of the archaeology, history and people of the three Ridings of greater Yorkshire...
(Industrial History Section) (Leeds)