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:
Trams in the Limelight (EMIAC
78) :
Saturday 3 October 2009 at the
National Tramway
Museum
organised by the Railway and Canal Historical Society
(RCHS), East Midlands Group
(RCHS) in conjunction with the National Tramway Museum
Members of EMIAC consituent societies will receive booking forms
through the usual channels.
[Rod Sladen's Home Page] [Rod Sladen's Industrial Archaeology Page]