ICOMOS-UK Lecture: The Challenges and Opportunities of Industrial World Heritage

ICOMOS-UK, in partnership with The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), organises an online lecture on Industrial Heritage to celebrate International Day for Monuments and Sites 2025.

Industrial Heritage brings with it unique challenges which can include intimidating scale, toxic environmental legacies and difficult, contested histories. At the same time, it can be awe-inspiring and deeply motivating, and through education has the potential to engage with audiences that are often marginalised and isolated from conventional cultural activity. This lecture will explore a range of industrial World Heritage Sites in the UK and across the world, and will discuss the lessons to be learned from their achievements and the management regimes that have ensued.

Join this online lecture, delivered by Dr Miles Oglethorpe, former Head of Industrial Heritage at Historic Environment Scotland and President of TICCIH. The event will be Chaired by Ian George, Chair of the ICOMOS-UK Industrial Heritage Working Group and Historic Places Manager at Lincolnshire County Council.