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Mining Institute And Common Room Granted £4.1m From HLF
News Update The Mining Institute and Common Room have been successful in securing £4.1m of a total £8.6m in National Lottery grants which will preserve UK’s industrial heritage Projects focussing on the industrial heritage of cities and towns across England and Wales have been awarded National Lottery funding…
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Book Launch: The Early Railways of the Derwent Valley by Les Turnbull
Thursday 30th November, 7:00pm Free event, all welcome with cash bar and refreshments to follow a short introduction to the book from the author.
Creating the Kelpies by Tim Burton
Tuesday 21st November Neville Hall
Morning meeting and buffet
The next General Meeting in the series is Dorothy’s Well Project at 11am on Wednesday 8th November. As usual, a buffet will follow this Morning Meeting and you are invited to join us. The price will be £5.00 per person and a cash bar will also be available. In order to arrange…
Heritage Open Days
The Mining Institute will be open for Heritage Open Days 2017 on Thursday 7th, Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September. We are offering tours on the hour 10am through to 4pm (except Friday 10am and 11am) for approx 45 minutes or you are welcome to simply call in and see…
Rocket Man with Cousin Jacks & Colombia – in the footsteps of Robert Stephenson
Two Talks given by Bob Longridge supported by Michael Taylor At North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers Thursday 23rd February 2017 Bob Longridge, Chairman of Robert Stephenson Trust has undertaken extensive research into three years between 1824 and 1827 when Robert Stephenson was employed by the Colombian Mining…
The Russian Revolution in Global Perspective – Friday 6th January 2017
FILM CLUB: Karen Kramer – 29th September
In this second event in Northern Film & Media’s FILM CLUB strand for artist filmmakers, Steven Bode (Director, Film and Video Umbrella) will be in conversation with artist Karen Kramer, one of the recipients of the 2016 Jerwood/FVU Awards. Their conversation will pivot on Karen’s Jerwood/FVU project, ‘The Eye That…