About AIHV
The AIHV was organized by Dr. Joseph Phillipe, Director of the Musée Curtius of Liege, in 1956. The first Congress of the organization, then called the Journées Internationales du Verre, took place in that city in 1958. Our membership includes archaeologists, art historians, artists, collectors, museum curators, scientists and researchers from over 30 countries.
Every three years we hold a congress where research papers are delivered and special exhibitions viewed. Visits are organised to museums, galleries and private collections. These congresses also provide the opportunity to socialise in pleasant surroundings and meet one’s fellow enthusiasts. The last congress was held in Thessaloniki, Greece in September 2009. Earlier ones have been held in Berlin, Damascus, London, Prague, Nancy, Madrid, Basel, Vienna, Amsterdam, Venice and Milan, and New York and Corning, and Antwerp.
The next Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass will take place in Slovenia in September 2012. It will be organized by the University of Primorska. It will be held in Piran and Portoroz, which are 30 minutes away from Italy and an hour from Croatia. Further details will be posted as soon as we have them.
The Association is governed by statutes laid down under Dutch law. The official languages are English, German, and French and papers may be delivered in any of these three languages at the conference, and subsequently published in the Annales in them. For everyday communications to the members only French and English are used.
Membership of the AIHV is open to all. Students are admitted free of charge, for others there is an annual subscription. Currently we have nearly 300 members in 33 countries.
The AIHV is governed by aboard and an Executive Committee elected by the General Assembly of members meeting at each Congress.
details of current board
minutes
of recent General Assemblies
In some countries the membership have formed national committees and the Board is always eager to encourage members in countries without such committees to form them. National committees often organise conferences and events between the major international congresses.