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Rural Museum Network’s 2 July 2026 “Chewing the Cud” webinar

The Rural Museum Network welcomes you to the next “Chewing the Cud” webinar, From Field to Film: Capturing rural life at the Down County Museum, presented by Dr. Kris Reid, Curator at the Down County Museum. Kris will explore From Field to Film – Capturing rural life at Down County Museum. Down County Museum has a large collection of farming materials that represent the agricultural… Continue reading Rural Museum Network’s 2 July 2026 “Chewing the Cud” webinar

EthnoConnection 2026 International Conference,18–20 October 2026, Museum of Ethnography in Budapest

This year’s conference theme, “The Temptation of Permanence: A critical approach to museums’ permanent exhibitions,” will examine how museums rethink, reinterpret, and adapt permanent exhibitions in response to changing audiences, cultural sensitivities, and institutional priorities in the 21st century. As this is NOT an Ethnography specific topic, but a generic museum sector dilemma, we extend this… Continue reading EthnoConnection 2026 International Conference,18–20 October 2026, Museum of Ethnography in Budapest

150th anniversary of agricultural museums in Poland

The year 2025 marked the 150th anniversary of agricultural museology in Poland. This significant occasion is linked to the establishment of the Museum of Industry and Agriculture in Warsaw on June 5, 1875, during the period of Russian partition. The institution played a pivotal role as a scientific and educational center, integrating Polish intellectuals and… Continue reading 150th anniversary of agricultural museums in Poland

2026 Congress of International Agricultural Museums

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

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

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

Conservation Conference at Poland’s National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry a Success

On September 24-26, 2024, the 11th International Conservation Conference from the series “Problems of Museums Related to the Preservation and Conservation of Collections” was held at the National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa, which opened the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of our Museum. Fig. 1: Attendees at the Museum of Milling… Continue reading Conservation Conference at Poland’s National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry a Success

World Bee Day 2024 AIMA Lecture Series

The International Association of Agricultural Museums is pleased to share the recording of CELEBRATING WORLD BEE DAY – May 20, 2024 – available HERE. This webinar featured the rich traditions and vital importance of beekeeping. Program Dr. Anupama K. is a palynologist and paleo-ecologist at the French Institute of Pondicherry, India. Using pollen grains, phytoliths,… Continue reading World Bee Day 2024 AIMA Lecture Series

Draft Cattle Capture a World Audience

The Draft Cattle Symposium in Lauresham Open-Air Laboratory at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kloster Lorsch in Germany, 8-10 March 2024 To say the very least of this remarkable meeting, it has been “a-building” for many years through efforts from many and varied partners and institutions, among them the AIMA, several of whose members… Continue reading Draft Cattle Capture a World Audience

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

A load of old rubbish? But it still has lots of stories to tell…Glass from the middens of Auchindrain Township

Editor’s Note: This post will also introduce you to the pleasure of reading names in Scottish Gaelic – like Auchindrain’s name here, “Bail’ Ach’ an Droighinn”, or the for the people who live there, Na Droighnich.   Bail’ Ach’ an Droighinn/Auchindrain Township (spoken “achan-dray-in”) is a 9-hectare museum and historic site in the west of… Continue reading A load of old rubbish? But it still has lots of stories to tell…Glass from the middens of Auchindrain Township

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