The Heritage Alliance is delighted to welcome Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (IIICH) as a member. IIICH is a focal point for cross-disciplinary research, postgraduate teaching and policy engagement. Its aims are:
- To provide a welcoming intellectual home and a creative environment for the critical study of cultural heritage which offers new, challenging and trans-national perspectives on the ways in which cultural heritage is understood, represented, managed and mobilised in different cultures and societies;
- To pursue research excellence, policy relevance and to engage with academic and policy communities and the heritage/heritage-related sectors;
- To deliver research-informed, high quality, postgraduate education that links theoretical understanding with practice and relevance.
IIICH is a partnership formed over 30 years ago between the University of Birmingham and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (IGMT) which manages the World Heritage Site and ten museums in Shropshire, UK. Both organisations share a commitment to quality research, innovative education, creativity and engagement with the international heritage sector and the wider public.