Welcome to the Merseyside Industrial Heritage Society (MIHS)

We are a friendly amateur society whose members share a common desire to find out more about our Industrial Heritage, particularly that of Merseyside, its products, remains, and the people who shaped it. Originally formed in 1964 as the North Western Society for Industrial Archaeology and History, MIHS is amongst the oldest societies of its kind in the country. We are affiliated to both the Council for British Archaeology and the Association for Industrial Archaeology.

As well as direct participation in archaeological surveys and digs, we provide a winter programme of lecture meetings and a series of field visits in the summer. The May Study Weekend was first held in 1977 and has continued ever since, visiting a wide variety of venues all around Britain.

A regular Bulletin is sent to all members, and we publish a Gazetteer covering all known Industrial Archaeology sites in Merseyside: Merseyside's Industrial Past.  To obtain a copy, see Contact page.

North West IA Conference, 25th September 2010, National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port  - for more details, see Latest News page.

Unless otherwise stated, indoor meetings are held at 7.00pm on Mondays at: The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 5BT.

New members are very welcome. Details are given on our Contacts page or, alternatively, just turn up at any of the meetings shown on the programme and make yourself known to a member of the committee.

Our aims are:

• to further interest in our Industrial Heritage
  
  
• to study and record by written, photographic or other means the physical evidence and the techniques of past industries
  
  
• to encourage active involvement in community archaeology projects