The UNESCO World Heritage Site Lorsch Abbey (Germany) will host the 2026 Congress of International Agricultural Museums (CIMA). Intangible Cultural Heritage in a Museum Context: The Role of Agricultural Museums, Living History Sites and Archaeological Open-Air Museums 5-8 March 2026 We are happy to announce our first Keynote-Speaker for the upcoming CIMA 2026 in Lorsch: Alexander Langlands Dr Alex… Continue reading 2026 Congress of International Agricultural Museums
AIMA Meetings
Landmarks in AIMA History, 60th Anniversary and Sights on the Future
Editor’s Notes: Cozette Griffin-Kremer shares the following on the importance of the International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA) and the role her friend and French historian of agriculture, François Sigaut (1940-2012), played as he sought to rejuvenate it before his untimely death. Longer-time AIMA members will recall how the AIMA was relaunched from 2009 to… Continue reading Landmarks in AIMA History, 60th Anniversary and Sights on the Future
Announcing the 2026 Congress of International Agricultural Museums
150th Anniversary of Agricultural Museology in Poland
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of agricultural museology in Polish lands, the National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa, Poland, hosted the international conference, “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Agricultural Museology,” 18-19 September in Szreniawa, Poland. The conference recognized the establishment of the Museum of Industry and Agriculture in Warsaw on 5… Continue reading 150th Anniversary of Agricultural Museology in Poland
Museum of English Rural Life hosting joint Rural Museums Network (RMN) and International Association of Agricultural Museum (AIMA) event on 9-11 May 2025
Friday, 9 May 2025 through Sunday, 11 May 2025 The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) at the University of Reading, UK, hosted the triennial congress of the International Association of Agricultural Museums — AIMA 2021 — online. Now The MERL invites both AIMA and UK-based RMN members to come to Reading to see the Museum… Continue reading Museum of English Rural Life hosting joint Rural Museums Network (RMN) and International Association of Agricultural Museum (AIMA) event on 9-11 May 2025
AIMA Conference in India – 13-18 October 2023
AIMA is pleased to announce the 20th triennial conference in India, with two hosts: Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh; and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab. The dates are 13, 14 and 15 October 2023 at Shoolini University and 16, 17, and 18 at Punjab Agricultural University which includes the oldest agricultural museum in Punjab, the… Continue reading AIMA Conference in India – 13-18 October 2023
2023 AIMA Invited to India
AIMA members have accepted India as the venue for the next AIMA Congress, 13-18 October 2023. Listen to Surajit Sarkar’s invitation here. Organizers: Surajit Sarkar, Nerupama Modwel and Vijay Aditya. For details, click on this AIMA webpage.
AIMA 2021 Proceedings & Recordings
le français suit 2021 AIMA Conference Proceedings and Links to Recorded Keynotes and Sessions Available Here (June 20, 2023) First content from AIMA 2021 Congress goes live Dear AIMA members, we are delighted to share with you the keynote presentations from this year’s International Association of Agricultural Museums Congress, AIMA 2021. These three presentations cover… Continue reading AIMA 2021 Proceedings & Recordings
AIMA 2021 (19th AIMA Congress)
COMING SOON! – YouTube content links to presentations from AIMA’s Past and Future Agricultures, hosted by the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), virtually on 22-26 July 2021. A conference proceedings (issued as a PDF) will follow in 2022.
AIMA Virtual Symposium 2020
AIMA hosted its first virtual symposium on Nov 14th 2020: “Coping with crisis in Agricultural Museums“. You can view presentations at AIMA’s official YouTube channel! As many of our members and we as an organization adapted and adjusted to the ongoing crisis and its challenges, we shared our experiences with a wider public.
Virtual Symposium Nov 14th 2020
We invite you to join AIMA on Nov 14th 2020 for our first virtual symposium. As many of our members and we as an organization had to adapt and adjust to the ongoing crisis and its challenges, we would like to share our experiences with a wider public. Register now: https://ingeniumcanada.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OaBkqCh9ReytGD5MIqwt_A The conference will feature… Continue reading Virtual Symposium Nov 14th 2020
AIMA Executive Board gathers in New Delhi, India
Board members of the Association Internationale Des Musées D’Agriculture (AIMA) met for their annual meeting in New Delhi, India, November 25-30, 2018. Surajit Sarkar, Ambedkar University, coordinated the visit. Nerupama Y. Modwel, director of Intangible Cultural Heritage Division of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) greeted AIMA board members on November 26 at… Continue reading AIMA Executive Board gathers in New Delhi, India
Traditions-Change-Sustainable Future: AIMA’s 2017 Conference
The National Agricultural Museum of Estonia is pleased to announce the Call for Papers and information about CIMA XVIII – the 18th conference of the International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA). Save the dates: 9-13 May 2017; with an optional tour on 14-15 May). Plan to participate: propose a workshop, paper or panel, or join conversations around themes… Continue reading Traditions-Change-Sustainable Future: AIMA’s 2017 Conference
PROCEEDINGs 2014 AIMA Congress in Marseille, France
Copies of CIMA XVII Proceedings (held November 2014 in Marseille, France) (Mucem_Sommaire, 242 pages, colours) are available for the price of 19 euros each + shipping (from France). Upon ordering, please kindly indicate shipping & billing information with your request . AFMA 15 rue de la Convention 75015 Paris France .contact@afma.asso.fr Des exemplaires CIMA XVII… Continue reading PROCEEDINGs 2014 AIMA Congress in Marseille, France
AIMA Praesidium Meeting Agenda, 2-5 July 2015
The executive committee of the International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA) will meet July 2-5, 2015 at the Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, in Reading, England. The meeting will include formal AIMA business but also conversations about the meaning of rural history and the strategies that museums take to keep rural and… Continue reading AIMA Praesidium Meeting Agenda, 2-5 July 2015