The Historical Metallurgy Society is a British learned society providing an international forum for exchange of information and research in historical metallurgy.
All aspects of the history of metals and associated materials are covered from prehistory to the present, from processes and production through technology and economics to archaeology and conservation.
Conservation, research and protection remain important parts of the society’s role.
Each year the society holds a two-day conference (usually in the United Kingdom) with a program of papers covering a particular area of metallurgical interest.
The society also issues a newsletter The Crucible three times a year, and has published edited collections based on the papers given at several of its conferences in an Occasional Papers series.