Announcements – Agricultural Museums

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

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 Bee Day 2022 AIMA Lecture Series

CELEBRATING WORLD BEE DAY WITH AIMA, International Association of Agricultural Museums You can listen to the 2022 World Bee Day Digital AIMA Lecture HERE: GOOD BEEKEEPING PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE APICULTURE We are more and more aware of the significance of beekeeping for agriculture and in preserving biodiversity. Traditionally, beekeeping was important for bee products, while… Continue reading World Bee Day 2022 AIMA Lecture Series

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

Virtual “Draft Animals” and a Virtual “Plowing Match” before they happen! A note from Bob Powell

Before I begin, I will blame this impromptu personal “blog” on our colleagues and friends, Cozette Griffin Kremer and Claus Kropp who suggested, nay twisted my arm, to write something to link two up and coming events. As 2021 proceeds still under the effects of the Covid-19 virus, two related “virtual” events are occurring. Firstly,… Continue reading Virtual “Draft Animals” and a Virtual “Plowing Match” before they happen! A note from Bob Powell