The IHA preserves and highlights the heritage of aluminium: archives, documentary materials, iconography, art and design objects, collective memory, oral histories…
The IHA advocates for and supports research in humanities and social sciences on aluminium.
- It orients and guides researchers in history, management, sociology, geography, arts, and architecture.
- It provides them with a documentary resource centre, a scientific framework, and facilities for completing their work.
- It conducts its own research programs and participates in collaborative research in partnership with public research centres (Créalu, Fralubec, Archipal).
- It contributes to the overall history of aluminium in France and worldwide through standing committees, oral enquiries, and inter-disciplinary meetings.
- It conducts historical research and publications at the request of companies and organizations in the aluminium world: history of companies, sites, products, etc.
The IHA promotes the heritage and the history of aluminium to a variety of audiences: the general public, company employees, students, etc.
- It publishes a bi-annual journal, the Cahiers d'histoire de l'aluminium (The Journal of the History of Aluminium).
- It publishes, co-publishes or helps to publish books.
- It participates in heritage enhancement projects : exhibitions, conferences, symposiums, museum tours, etc.
