🧪Registration is open for the Eastern Analytical Symposium - the programme includes short courses and technical sessions on conservation science + spectroscopy, chromatography and much more. 📅: 17-19 Nov 2025 📍: New Jersey, USA More info:

🧑🔬@gettymuseum.bsky.social Conservation Institute is offering full-time 1-year #heritagescience Graduate Internships in built heritage, modern and contemporary art research & technical studies research! Applications close 4 Nov 2025.

🖌️Upcoming workshop at Nottingham Trent University (London Confetti Campus) on 'Traditional Chinese Painting Materials and Techniques' - findings based on scientific analysis conducted during the research project 'From Lima to Canton and Beyond'. 📅: 13 Oct 2025 📍: London, UK ✏️:

🌏For the #heritagescience community – @gettymuseum.bsky.social Global Art & Sustainability Fellowships to contribute to sustainable management of heritage resources & apply cutting-edge science to the cultural sector, across 10+ different institutions. Find out more:

RICHeS has visited another NHSF member – this time, English Heritage's Ranger's House. This project is developing a nationwide ecosystem of mobile and fixed labs to support heritage science, particularly in response to climate change challenges.

🐮🦷Heritage scientists, including researchers at @ucl.ac.uk and Cardiff University (both NHSF members), have uncovered secrets of Stonehenge’s mysterious cattle through cutting-edge analysis of a Neolithic cow tooth. Read more about the discovery here:

❓🏦How do you become a digital innovator for heritage? Catherine Bellamy talks about her pathway into the Historic Environment Scotland Digital Documentation and Innovation Team in this new blog post. Check it out (and see some cool examples of 3D models!):

❗️The @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme will open for applications on 1 Oct! Whether you have datasets to unlock, collections to connect, or a concept for an innovative digital tool, this could be the funding opportunity you've been waiting for. buff.ly/xNBjTjE

The @royalsociety.org Places of Science grant opens for applications tomorrow! This scheme offers up to £3,500 to small museum projects that tell the stories of science and scientists relevant to communities across the UK. Applications close 12 Nov 2025.

📚🌏 The @britishlibrary.bsky.social is hosting webinars focused on libraries and the climate crisis. The first will explore how libraries are embracing climate literacy to empower staff, users and communities. 📅: 30 Oct 2025, 4-5:30pm 📍: Online ✏️:

🧪The next round of the @rsc.org Outreach Fund is open for applications. These grants fund projects that connect communities from all backgrounds with the chemical sciences. The next deadline is 3 Oct 2025. More info:

📢Abstracts and proposals are welcome for the AIC & FAIC 2026 Annual Meeting. Topics include AI, zoological collections, fire-retardant coatings and artworks, edible materials, sampling & more. Submit by 30 Sept 2025. More info:

Join Museum Development South East and the Heritage Engineering Network for a meeting on 'Working towards best practice in the restoration of engineering'. Includes opportunities to view the Shuttleworth Collection. 📅: 25 Sept 2025 📍: Biggleswade, UK & online ✏️:

🎓 PhD at @manchester.ac.uk in AI and the Future of Museum Conservation – at the intersection of critical museology, conservation, digital humanities, & computer science, explore how AI might support, disrupt, or redefine conservation now. Apply by 24 Sept 2025. buff.ly/atjJb4z

Historic England and English Heritage are calling for proposals for AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership projects. Priority areas include: ▪️Medieval stone window fragments in archaeological archives ▪️Wellbeing and Heritage Submit by 28 Nov 2025.

Upcoming Icon Modern Materials Group talk on 'Evaluation of varnish-layer strategies to enhance the durability of Plasticized PVC'. 📅: 24 Oct 2025, 10-10:45am 📍: Online 📝:

Join Historic Environment Scotland for 'Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Adaptive Re-use of Buildings'. Delve into climate change policy, explore solutions, and discuss protecting Scotland's assets for the future. 📅: 16 Oct 2025 📍: The Engine Shed (Stirling) or online 📝:

📢Two Historic England workshops are running throughout Sept-Dec 2025 to support organisations in their carbon reduction journeys: 1️⃣ How to Measure a Carbon Footprint: buff.ly/Koklmg3 2️⃣ How to Write a Carbon Reduction Plan: buff.ly/UNlBi6W

🧪🌞Now is the chance to exhibit your work at the @royalsociety.org Summer Science Exhibition 2026! Exhibits are selected based on quality and cutting-edge science, interactivity, relevance and storytelling, and feasibility. Apply here by 8 Oct 2025:

🌍🌱The EU Environment Agency is calling for EOIs for members of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. Apply by 15 Sept 2025. More info here:

#HeritageScience job opportunity with The British Museum – Project Scientist: X-ray Imaging Access Manager. Manage the day-to-day operation of two X-ray imaging labs + more. Apply here by 12 Sept 2025:

🗺️Upcoming virtual conference – Collections 2030 and Beyond. It's all about "Activating heritage collections for sustainable development through cross-sector partnerships". 📅22-26 Sept 2025 📝Register by 10 Sept:

✨Thanks to RICHeS for this great reflection on our recent NHSF Heritage Science Conference! 👇Check it out for insight into the RICHeS workshop, which covered the project, the upcoming @hsds-update.bsky.social launch & more.

Registrations are open for LACONA XIV – Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks – the International Conference on advances in photonic techniques for diagnostics and conservation-restoration of cultural heritage. 📅: 9-12 Sept 2025 📍: Bucharest, Romania lacona14.eu

AHRC grant opportunity – Funding new networks to explore opportunities for widening cultural heritage and climate change engagement and policy across both the UK and international communities. Apply by 14 Oct 2025:

✨Two @gettymuseum.bsky.social grants available! 1⃣ Library Research Grants – using the Getty Library's collections. buff.ly/BbFPt2a 2⃣ Conservation Guest Scholars Programme – residencies for cultural heritage conservation scholars & professionals. buff.ly/SOnSac4

Upcoming Training School on digital identity, novel chemical markers & tracking systems to counteract illicit trafficking of artworks – emphasis on green chemistry, materials science, & advanced digital solutions for cultural heritage preservation. 🗓️ : 21-24 Oct 2025 📍 : Sarajevo

Join GoGreen Consortium for a workshop on the HERIe preventive conservation platform. This digital platform offers remote access to data manipulation tools & quantitative assessments of risks to heritage assets. 📅: 16–17 Oct 2025 📍: Rome, Italy Register:

The ICON Care of Collections Group is organising a Virtual Environmental Monitoring and Control Trade Fair. Currently confirmed suppliers include: BevArt, Comet, Conserv, Eltec, Meaco and Tinytag. 📅: 16 Sept 2025 📍: Online Register:

The ARCHE project will wrap up on 11-12 Sept 2025 in Brussels and online, with its final event “Bridging Towards Resilient Cultural Heritage”. Find the draft programme & register here:

RICHeS is hiring an Operations Officer to provide essential administrative, operational, and financial support to ensure the smooth running of daily processes. Applications close 31 Aug 2025. More info:

Applications are open for the 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Awards. Grants worth £25,000 will go to five outstanding early-career women scientists. Apply by 20 Aug 2025. More info:

Have you heard about the @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route? These grants are for mid-career natural sciences researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas. Round 1 closes today but there will be 2 more rounds:

Invitation to apply for the International Workshop: Risk Assessment of Cultural Heritage. Explore risk management, monitoring techniques & decision-making processes in cultural heritage preservation. 📅: 30 Sept - 1 Oct 2025 📍: Gdańsk, Poland

Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts are now available at the Cambridge Digital Library, partly thanks to #heritagescience! The photography team used techniques like Multi-spectral imaging (MSI) to reveal hidden details in the manuscripts. Read more:

@ox.ac.uk heritage scientists have solved a decades-old archaeological puzzle by re-investigating the molecular composition of an intriguing residue found in bronze jars excavated from a 6th century BCE Greek shrine in Paestum, Italy. Read more:

EOIs open for the 2026 Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ Conference, hosted by Historic England. Themes: climate change, new developments in the science of preservation & progress over the last 30 years. 📅: 14-16 May 2026 📍: London & online buff.ly/7MLmJqF

Call for posters: 'Cultural Connections in Conservation' for the 2026 ICOM-CC Conference. How can conservation embrace inclusive collaborations, adapt to changing contexts, & ensure that conservation knowledge is accessible and impactful? Submit by 10 Oct.

👇🏰It's time for the final installment of our latest blog series - reflections from the NHSF Conference with our bursary recipients. This week, we have a wrap-up (feat. fanastic poster!) from Sam Matthews, Archaeological Science Fellow at Historic Environment Scotland.

The @linxsinstitute.bsky.social Young Researchers' Science Day is for early career researchers working on X-rays and neutrons! A full-day event feat. talks, breakout sessions, and posters across diffraction, imaging, & spectroscopy. 📅: 8 Sept 2025 📍: Lund, Sweden 📝:

If you are a researcher or professional based in the UK and are interested in accessing the E-RIHS Catalogue of Services, you can join RICHeS for their upcoming info webinar. 📅: 28 Aug 2025, 1-2pm (BST) More info:

Join the American Institute for Conservation webinar on Plasma-generated Atomic Oxygen for the Cleaning of Sensitive Cultural Heritage Surfaces. Bridging the gap between physics, engineering, aerospace, cultural heritage, & sustainability science. 📅: 26 Aug 2025, 3pm (BST)

🗞️ Have you seen our July newsletter? ◾️NHSF Conference blog reflections 📢 ◾️RICHeS update 🧪 ◾️Lots more #heritagescience news 🎉 Read it & subscribe here:

⭐️💭It's time for our 3rd bursary recipient blog post reflecting on the fantastic NHSF Conference earlier this month – click here to read Arianne Panton's thoughts on the RICHeS workshop & more! buff.ly/nKPEA72

🥳Save the Date! The next @HistEnvScot #HeritageScience at @HESEngineShed day will be on 11 Nov 2025. See how science is used to analyse the nature and condition of stone in Scotland. Practical demos, networking & lunch - what's not to like?! More info:

🎉We're still buzzing from our Trends in Heritage Science conference earlier this month! Today, we have our 2nd bursary recipient blog – Alison Dwyer shares the fun she had at the workshop on open access apps for preventive conservation. 👇 nationalheritagescienceforum.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/n...

📢🎨Call for papers! 'Technical Art History and #HeritageScience: Art-Historical Issues and the Scientific Study of Artworks'. Submit manuscripts by 10 Nov 2025. More info:

🚨It's the final week for completing the RICHeS Evaluation Survey - could you spare 15 mins to help RICHeS understand the current heritage, heritage science & conservation landscape? buff.ly/Ecp1FNH

⭐️The next RICHeS Regional Workshop will be 'Enriching Collections', focusing on the dynamic relationship between heritage science and collections-based organisations. Registrations open now! 📅: 18 Sept 2025 📍: @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social, Edinburgh More info:

🌞🎒Registrations are open for the University of Antwerp #HeritageScience Summer School on 'Climate Impact on Buildings: Risks and Resilience'. Explore the impacts of climate change on the historic built environment. 📅: 1-4 Sept 2025 📍: Antwerp, Belgium 👉: