The Scottish Industrial Heritage Society (SIHS) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) dedicated to the protection, preservation, study and appreciation of Scotland’s historic buildings. We bring together people interested in discovering and understanding Scotland’s industrial past. SIHS explores a broad range of industrial heritage; from mills to foundries, heavy engineering to distilling!

We organise seminars, conferences and visits to sites of industrial heritage interest through Scotland. The Society publishes a quarterly magazine covering recent and future activities, as well as short articles on industrial history and heritage

The Society supports the preservation and recording of Scotland’s Industrial past and is affiliated to the Association for Industrial Archaeology.

https://www.industrial-archaeology.org/

Burns Doo, Saturday 31 January 2026 in Stirling. Hear about coal mining below the sea, Scottish railway architecture, repairs to Scott’s ship Discovery and much more!

11.00 start with the SIHS AGM at Beechwood Scout Hall, Newhouse, Stirling FK7 9HQ. With lunch £15. Non-members welcome and can join there and then for just £5 more. Book a place before 23 January with markwatson1865(at)gmail.com to give an idea of numbers.

SIHS Twitter News

New: the Society has recently joined Facebook. Join us there!

Scotindustria also joined Blue Sky and has withdrawn from X. The @scotindustria feed monitors the latest news, our posts mainly relating to industrial heritage in Scotland. The society is not responsible for messages by followers posting to or tagging SIHS but hopes that they too will be relevant and interesting.