The East Midlands Industrial Archaeology Conference holds Heritage Days every six months which are open to anyone with an interest in the subject. The first conference was held in 1970 with the intent of enabling industrial archaeologists in the East Midlands to meet in different locations to consider topics of mutual interest.
No formal organisation exists; the sponsoring bodies are:
Derbyshire Archaeological Society (DAS)
Leicestershire
Industrial History Society
(LIHS)
Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group (NIAG)
Nottinghamshire
Industrial Archaeology Society (NIAS)
Railway
and Canal Historical Society (RCHS), East Midlands Group
Society for Lincolnshire History and
Archaeology (SLHA)
A brief history of EMIAC and a summary list of past conferences are available.
The next EMIAC Heritage Day will be:
Water in Longdendale (EMIAC
77) :
Saturday 16 May 2009 at the Hadfield campus of Glossop Community
College
organised by the Derbyshire Archaeological Society (DAS) in conjunction with the Manchester Region
Industrial Archaeology Society (MRIAS)
Members of EMIAC societies will receive booking forms through the
usual channels.
[Rod Sladen's Home Page] [Rod Sladen's Industrial Archaeology Page]