Tractor. What comes to mind? Do you immediately conjure an image of a four-wheeled vehicle hitched to a plow? Do you picture a particular manufacturer? Think about horsepower? Link internal combustion engines to fossil-fuel consumption? Wonder about tractors in relation to organic agriculture? Ponder autonomous tractor use in agriculture? Think about the business of manufacturing… Continue reading What comes to mind when you hear the word “tractor”?
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What, if Anything, is Yoghurt?*
Have you ever thought about yoghurt, really? That there might be more than plain and flavoured? That it might be an iconic food in many places and still made in traditional ways? Two fruit and one plain yoghurt, local production by a farmer in the Morbihan, France, Photo C. Griffin-Kremer We may do well to… Continue reading What, if Anything, is Yoghurt?*
International Women’s Day AIMA Lecture – 8 March 2023
Please register under: aimalecturesreg@gmail.com by 3 March 2023. We will then provide you with the Zoom-Link to attend the lecture. Mark your calendars: 14:00 Central European Time; 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time; Midnight Sydney, Australia.
Agriculture & the International Year of Glass 2022
Agriculture? Glass? What’s the connection? Fig. 1. Stained Glass Panel, Labours of the Months (October – breaking up clods and scattering wheat), 1450-1475, England. From Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire. Source: Commons Wikimedia. Have you ever thought about how farmers and market gardeners care for “baby” plants, for example, by covering them with a glass cloche to… Continue reading Agriculture & the International Year of Glass 2022
AIMA, ALHFAM, EXARC “Finding Common Ground” November 16, 2022 AIMA Lecture
Please register under: aimalecturesreg@gmail.com by Nov 12th. We will then provide you with the Zoom-Link to attend the lecture.
Food Awareness & Loss 2022 AIMA Lecture Series
AIMA recognizes the International Day of World Awareness of Food Loss and Waste The International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA) invites you to a one-hour program via ZOOM. Speakers will address museum collections, policies, protocol, and programming aimed at increasing awareness of the numerous costs of food loss and waste. To join the event, please… Continue reading Food Awareness & Loss 2022 AIMA Lecture Series
World Donkey Day 2022 AIMA Lecture Series
Register now!Donkeys are an integral part of the culture, the history and the future in numerous countries in the world. Donkeys (and mules parented by donkeys) have been, and still are, important for agricultural production and marketing as well as for transport. Donkey traditions have been encapsulated in museums around the world, but donkey technologies… Continue reading World Donkey Day 2022 AIMA Lecture Series
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
Rural Museum Network’s “Chewing the Cud” 4 December 2025 webinar, 3:00-4:15 GMT
Rethinking the Rural Life Museum: “Irons, Pots and Griddles oh my!” Thursday 4 December 2025, 3.00pm – 4.15pm. Online, via Zoom. Book here: Rethinking the Rural Life Museum: “Irons, Pots and Griddles oh my!” Tickets, Thu 4 Dec 2025 at 15:00 | Eventbrite Join us to hear how two RMN member organisations are approaching Audit… Continue reading Rural Museum Network’s “Chewing the Cud” 4 December 2025 webinar, 3:00-4:15 GMT
Rural Museum Network’s “Chewing the Cud” 6 November 2025 webinar, 3:00-4:15 pm GMT
Collecting and Studying Rural Protest: Speaker Sessions with Q&A Thursday 6 November 2025, 3.00pm – 4.15pm. Online, via Zoom. Book here: Collecting and Studying Rural Protest Tickets, Thu 6 Nov 2025 at 15:00 | Eventbrite Moments of rural unrest can be long-simmering or very short-lived. They can be explosively public or orchestrated in hidden ways by… Continue reading Rural Museum Network’s “Chewing the Cud” 6 November 2025 webinar, 3:00-4:15 pm GMT
Announcing the 2026 Congress of International Agricultural Museums
World Food Day AIMA Webinar – 16 October 2025
Join the AIMA webinar, “Food Security: The Role of Museums & Historical Farms,” on World Food Day. Speakers will feature action taken to address hunger through education, support for food banks, and proactive community engagement. To register email aimalecturesreg@gmail.com
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
The History of Hay and Fodder Harvesting
– How it used to be in former times by Otto Riesinger Prenotation: “How it used to be in former times” is a series of articles written by Otto Riesinger and published in the half yearly publication of HLTOE society over several years. Most of the content is derived from Otto’s personal experience of decades… Continue reading The History of Hay and Fodder Harvesting
World Bee Day 2025 AIMA Lecture Series
The International Association of Agricultural Museums is pleased to announce the 2025 World Bee Day lecture, 20 May 2025, 14:00 CEST. The program – free to those who pre-register – features the following experts: Dr. Maja Ivana Smodiš Škerl, Researcher at the Animal Production Department, Beekeeping, Agricultural institute of Slovenia Dr. Michael Rubinigg, Data scientist and… Continue reading World Bee Day 2025 AIMA Lecture Series
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
A 100-year-old find – witness to a turbulent time in figures
Hyperinflation – based on the original handwritten budget book in German by Xaver Haslinger. Author: Albert Kühnstetter (ÖLM) with the support of Hans Ziegler. Preliminary remarks About two years ago I was approached by Hans Ziegler, a farmer and friend from the Rotthalmünster area in Lower Bavaria. It was triggered by the discussion about inflation,… Continue reading A 100-year-old find – witness to a turbulent time in figures
Cooperative agreement links two national agricultural museums
On Saturday, 5 October 2024, the National Agriculture and Food Industry Museum in Poland signed a cooperation agreement with the National Agricultural Museum in Korea. The cooperation concerns 4 points:1. Cooperation in developing content using digital platforms2. Cooperation in planning exhibitions and educational programs based on agricultural cultural heritage3. Exchange of scientific information and publications… Continue reading Cooperative agreement links two national agricultural museums
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
Ox Ploughing at the National Agricultural Museum of Korea (NAMUK)
We recently held a cultural event on May 14th, demonstrating traditional Korean farming practices through a live oxen ploughing performance at our museum’s outdoor terraced fields. This event not only showcased the ‘Gyeori farming culture’ but also featured a hands-on rice planting experience with over 200 students from a nearby elementary school, emphasizing the importance… Continue reading Ox Ploughing at the National Agricultural Museum of Korea (NAMUK)
From Farm to Fork
An agro-industrial complex in the Eure departement, France, in the early 20th century. These Salers cattle belong to the Nassandres agro-industrial complex, made up of a sugar beet factory-distillery (in the Risle valley, between the Seine and the Eure) and six farms (Chrétienville, Les Rufflets, Bigards, Feuguerolles, Beauficel , Beaumontel), very close to the factory, representing… Continue reading From Farm to Fork