AFMA: Fédération des musées d’agriculture et du patrimoine rural (France)

Website: https://en.museesagriculture.fr/ AFMA exists to safeguard and promote rural heritage in all its aspects (traditional tools and agricultural machinery, rural architecture and landscape and intangible heritage). “Agricultural” is taken in the broadest sense here, including wine-growing, stock-breeding, the cultivation of textile plants, uses of the forest, hunting, fresh-water fishing, an so on, in all periods.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (Great Britain)

Website: merl.reading.ac.uk The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) at the University of Reading uses its diverse collections to explore how the skills and experiences of rural people, past and present, help shape our lives.

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Stilfinga Jaermuseet (Norway)

Website: https://www.jaermuseet.no/ Jærmuseet is a family of museums at 12 different locations across the Jæren region, that give an insight into agriculture and building traditions, industry and city history, aeroplanes and life by the sea.

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Auchindrain Trust (Scotland)

Website: https://www.auchindrain.org.uk/ Urras Achadh an Droighinn/The Auchindrain Trust Step back in time and discover Scotland’s rural history at Auchindrain, the most complete and well-preserved example of a Scottish Highland farm township.

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Howell Living History Farm (USA)

Website: https://howellfarm.org/ Howell Farm’s calendar reflects the cycles of a fully functioning, working farm in Pleasant Valley, New Jersey during the years 1890 – 1910.

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Tillers International (USA)

Website: https://www.tillersinternational.org/ Supporting the development of traditional skills, knowledge, and productivity around the world.

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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.