Set model for a ballet, by Edward Burra, 1944 © V&A
- 33rd SIBMAS Conference – Warsaw, Theatre Institute, 7-10 June 2022 Performing the future. Institutions and politics of memory.
- 32nd SIBMAS Conference – Paris and Moulins, 5-8 June 2018 Being Successful together. Participate, share, cooperate in safeguarding performing arts heritage.
- 31st SIBMAS Conference – Copenhagen, 31 May- 3 June 2016 Freeze! Challenge the Hierarchy: Researcher, Artist, User!
- 30th SIBMAS Conference – New York City, 10-13 June 2014 Body, Mind, Artifact: Reimagining Collections
- 29th SIBMAS Conference – London, 25-26 October 2012 Best Practice! Innovative Techniques for Performing Arts Collections, Libraries and Museums
- 28th SIBMAS Conference – Munich, 26-30 July 2010 Connecting points: Performing Arts Collections Uniting Past and Future
- 27th SIBMAS Conference – Glasgow, 25-29 August 2008 Capturing the Essence of Performance: The Challenge of Intangible Heritage
- 26th SIBMAS Conference – Vienna, 28 August-1 September 2006 Performing Arts Collections on the Offensive
- 25th SIBMAS Conference – Barcelona, 6-10 September 2004 From Document to User: the Roles and Responsibilities of Specialised Centres for Performing Arts
- 24th SIBMAS Conference – Rome, 2-7 September 2002 Performing Arts Collections and their Treatment
- 23rd SIBMAS Conference – Paris, 25-30 September 2000 Performing Arts: National Heritage and Information
- 22nd SIBMAS Conference – London, 1-4 July 1998 Performing Arts Collections: Virtual, Dead or Live?
- 21st SIBMAS Conference – Helsinki, 1-6 September 1996 Winds of Change
- 20th SIBMAS Conference – Antwerp, 4-7 September 1994 Collecting and Recording the Performing Arts: Why and How?
- 19th SIBMAS Conference – Lisbon, 7-11 September 1992 Documentation of Performing Arts in a Changing Society
- 18th SIBMAS Conference – Stockholm, 3-7 September 1990 Records and Images of the Art of the Performer
- 17th SIBMAS Conference – Mannheim, 4-9 September 1988 Theatre Collections and the Public
- 16th SIBMAS Conference – London, 9-13 September 1985 The Theatre and Theatre Collections
- 15th SIBMAS Conference – New York, 1982 Stage Design: Problems of Collecting, Cataloging and Conserving Documents
- 14th SIBMAS Conference – Belgrade, 15-20 September 1980 Methodologies of documents in the performing arts (Libraries and Musea)
- 13th SIBMAS Conference – Barcelona, 1978 Documentation in the Service of the Cultural Diffusion of the Performing Arts, especially in South America, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East
- 12th SIBMAS Conference – Vienna, 6-10 September 1976 Video documentation in the Performing Arts
- 11th SIBMAS Conference – Copenhagen, 8-14 September 1974 Living Theatre and Documentation
- 10th SIBMAS Conference – Brussels, 3-6 October 1972 Audiovisual Recording Concerning Theatre and Dance
- 9th SIBMAS Conference – Genoa, 5-10 April 1970 Interdisciplinary Research on the Nature, Art and Social Function of the Actor
- 8th SIBMAS Conference – Budapest, 19-24 September 1967 How Preserved Collections Could Serve the Activity of Living Theatre
- 7th SIBMAS Conference – Amsterdam, 6-9 September 1965 The Collections and Their Files
- 6th SIBMAS Conference – Munich, 28-30 November 1963 Documents Originating from Performances and Documents Concerning their Sources
- 5th SIBMAS Conference – Paris, 23-25 June 1961 Results of an International Survey on the Archives of Theatre Photographers. The Development of an International Cataloging Code for Documents on Arts
- 4th SIBMAS Conference – Warsaw, 13-17 September 1959 Results of the International Survey concerning Libraries, Musea and Documentation Centres
- 3rd SIBMAS Conference – Paris, 23-26 September 1957 Services Provided by Private Collections
- 2nd SIBMAS Conference – Brussels, 11-18 September 1955 Starting with Collections of Written Staging
- 1st SIBMAS Conference – Zagreb, 27 September-1 October 1954 Business Prospects of the Section
