TICCIH

Is an international organisation founded in 1978 in Stockholm. The initiative for an international body was originally discussed when the Ironbridge Gorge Museum was founded in 1973 under the direction of Sir Neil Cossons, now Chairman of English Heritage.
Today, TICCIH is the only world organisation on Industrial Heritage.
The development of TICCIH has been based on major congresses in Europe and North America organised either biannually or triennially.
These have been supplemented by specialised conferences, workshops and meetings aimed at developing personal and institutional contacts at an international level. From the work of a small number of countries, the concept, study and encouragement of Industrial Heritage has substantially developed in recent years.
This has been possible thanks to the cooperation of universities, public agencies, cultural institutions, museums and private businesses.
The Committee is composed of a group of specialists interested in enlarging the Cultural Heritage with the history of technology, society and architecture in the industrial field. The Committee is also a viable tool for communication in a network that now counts more than 60 countries and 500 members.
Since the early 1980s the Committee has been advising the World Heritage Committee part of ICOMOS (International Council for Monuments and Sites) - UNESCO on buildings, sites and industrial landscapes to be included among World Heritage sites. TICCIH publishes a quarterly Newsletter and supports the publication of the Journal Patrimoine de l’Industrie / Industrial Patrimony, published twice a year.