AHG & Members' News

Imperial War Museum Duxford presents "Big Stuff 2010" - Call for Papers
Imperial War Museum is delighted to announce Big Stuff 2010, hosted at IWM Duxford, near Cambridge, on 6th – 8th October 2010. We now invite proposals for presentations at this event.

The theme of the conference will be the conflict and avoidance of conflict between the display and conservation requirements of Large Technology Objects within the museum setting. It is anticipated that day one will cover conservation, day two will cover display and day three, to be held on-board HMS Belfast in London, will look towards generating compromise between the two disciplines.

The international programme committee will be looking for case studies, where conflict arose in a project dealing with display and conservation, that detail the nature of the conflict, the manner in which the conflict was handled and resolved and how the conflict could have been avoided.

Proposals should include the title of the presentation, details of all contributors and the contact details of the proposer. Proposals should be no more than 250 words. Successful speakers will be required to submit their full paper electronically not less than four weeks in advance of the conference for inclusion, digitally, within the conference delegate pack.

Deadline for receipt of proposals is 5.00pm GMT, Monday 11th January 2010.
Please submit proposals electronically to:

Chris Knapp ACR
Conservation Manager
Imperial War Museum, Duxford
cknapp@iwm.org.uk

April, 2009	AHG Members Attend Complimentary Vintage Wings of Canada Tour
As is customary every year, all dues-paying members of the Aviation Heritage Group are invited on a no-expense tour of a local museum or aviation heritage site, usually held around the annual general meeting and the Mutual Concerns conference. This year-'s tour was of Vintage Wings of Canada. Thanks again to AHG Member Tony Smyth for making this excursion possible!