Big Stuff is a unique triennial international meeting focused on the challenges and triumphs of conserving our large technology heritage. The meeting has been hosted in Canberra, Berlin, and Duxford; and in 2013 will be held in Ottawa, Canada; at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and Canada Science and Technology Museum.  

The 2012 Symposium will be held in Brisbane at the State Library of Queensland from the 29th-31st August.
 
The Symposium will address three topics which hold high interest within our group. These are:
•    Disasters: small or large and what we have learnt.
•    Conserving born digital collections: library, archive and gallery perspectives.
•    Conservation issues: storage, display and transportation of contemporary works.

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