Resources

This page includes a number of resources that may be of interest to members, including exhibitions, conferences, and awards.

NEWSLETTERS

AIMA

2025 Newsletter No. 2 (March-April)

2025 Newsletter No. 1 (January-February)

Newsletter no. 20, June 2024 on animals (link)

UPCOMING / ONGOING EVENTS OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS

MUSEUMS

The following list may includes some museums that may be of interest to members:

Beamish

Black Country Living Museum 

Highland Folk Museum 

Manx Museum 

Museum of English Rural Life 

Museum of East Anglian Life

National Slate Museum 

National Coal Mining Museum 

National Mining Museum Scotland 

National Museum of Ireland 

National MuseumNI

National Museums Scotland

National Museum Wales 

Railway Museum

People’s History Museum 

St Fagans: National Museum of History

Ulster Folk Museum

CONFERENCES

Conferences and events which may be of interest to Folk Life scholars:

SIEF 

NEWSLETTERS

International Association of Agricultural Museums

LINKS TO ORGANISATIONS ETC

A series of links to other societies and organisations that may be of interest:

AFMA: Fédération des Musées d’Agriculture et du Patrimoine rural

The American Folklore Society

American Folklife Center, The Library of Congress

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums

British Agricultural History Society

Celtic and Scottish Studies, The University of Edinburgh

Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen

EXARC

The Folklore Society

Museums Association

Oral History Society

Rural Museums Network

Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore/ International Society for Ethnology and Folklore

Social History Curators Group

Twist: Tablet Weavers’ International Studies & Techniques

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