The CIMA (Congres International des Musees d’Agricole) is a triennial event in the AIMA calendar.
AIMA promotes research and encourages collaboration among professionals working in agriculture and rural museums around the world. AIMA members meet every three years in an international congress to discuss opportunities and challenges that affect museum operations. The conferences include formal sessions, tours of museums and heritage sites, workshops and networking opportunities. The conference host, often a national agriculture museum, publishes the proceedings as a permanent record of the intellectual content of the congress.
(See the proceedings of past conferences (CIMA and AMA))
The CIMA is also the venue for the General Assembly, in which the officers of the AIMA are elected for a three year term by the members.
Below is a list of Congress locations and accompanying records.
| Date of Congress | Host Institution | Proceedings |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions: 13-15 October Tours: 16-18 October 2023 | Conference information available HERE. Shoolini University (Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India) and The Heritage Foundation (New Delhi, India). Travel from Delhi to Solan by train on 12 October. Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India. Museum and field visits 16-17-18 October. | Agriculture as Living Heritage CIMA XX 2023 |
| 22-26 July 2021 Virtual | Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, UK | CIMA XIX 2021 |
| 9-13 May 2017 | National Agricultural Museum of Estonia (Ulenürme near Tartu) | CIMA XVIII 2017 |
| 5-7 Nov. 2014 | MuCEM (Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée: www.mucem.org)-Marseille, France | CIMA XVII 2014 |
| 4-7 Sept. 2011 | Romania National Museum of Agriculture – Slobozia | CIMA XVI 2011 |
| 22-26 Sept. 2008 | Serbia Poljoprivredni Muzej: Kulpin – Novi Sad, Kulpin | CIMA XV 2008 Volume 1 & Volume 2 |
| 20-24 Sept. 2004 | Wallachian Open-Air Czech Republic Museum – Rožnov pod Radhoštěm | CIMA XIV 2004 |
| 24-28 Sept. 2001 | Germany Bergisches Freilichtmuseum – Lindlar | CIMA XIII 2001 |
| 12-16 Oct. 1998 | Poland National Museum of Agriculture and Food – Poznań, Szreniawa | CIMA XII 1998 |
| 24-29 Sept. 1995 | Nitra, Slovakia | CIMA XI 1995 |
| 29 Sept-3 Oct 1992 | Italy | CIMA X 1992 |
| 4-8 Sept. 1989 | Randers, Denmark | AMA vol. XXII 1989 |
| 7-11 Sept. 1987 | Landwirtschaftliches Museum – Budapest | AMA vol. XX 1987 & AMA vol. XXI 1988 |
| 11-14 Sept. 1984 | Paris and St. Riquier, France | AMA vol. XVIII 1985 & AMA vol. XIX 1986 |
| 6-11 Sept. 1982 | Stockholm and Julita Manor, Sweden | AMA vol. XVI 1981-82 & AMA vol. XVII 1983-84 |
| 11-15 Sept. 1978 | Neubrandenburg, Germany | AMA vol. XIII 1978 & AMA vol. XIV 1979 & AMA vol. XV 1980 |
| 5-10 April 1976 | Reading, England | AMA vol. XIV 1979 & AMA vol. XIII 1978 & AMA vol. XII 1977 & AMA vol. XI 1976 & AMA vol. IX – X 1974-75 |
| 19-23 April 1971 | Budapest | AMA vol. VIII 1973 & AMA vol. VII 1972 & AMA vol. VI 1971 |
| 2-5 Sept. 1969 | Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany | AMA vol. IV 1969 & AMA vol. V 1970 & AMA vol. V-2 1970 |
| 11-14 Oct. 1966 | Liblice, CSSR | Congress Programme; AMA vol. I 1966 & AMA vol. II 1967 & AMA vol. III 1968 |