Report on the 12th Cultural Heritage Symposium, which took place between 30 September and 4 October at the Museum of Nature, Bolzano, in Italy’s South Tyrol. The symposium covered a variety of subjects ranging from biographies of famous geologists and mineralogists to postage stamps showing cultural heritage in mining and metallurgy. Papers also included descriptions of archives located in different countries. There were also number of presentations of interest to iron and steel.