Congresses
- I Congress (1934) - London, UK, presided by The Earl of Onslow
- II Congress (1938) - Copenhagen, Denmark, presided by Thomas Thomsen
- III Congress (1948) - Brussels, Belgium, presided by Ed de Jonghe
- IV Congress (1952) - Vienna, Austria, presided by Wilhelm Schmidt
- V Congress (1956) - Philadelphia, USA, presided by Froelich Rainey
- VI Congress (1960) - Paris, France, presided by Henri V. Vallois
- VII Congress (1964) - Moscow, USSR, presided by S. P. Tolstov
- VIII Congress (1968) - Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, presided by Masao Oka
- IX Congress (1973) - Chicago, USA, presided by Sol Tax
- X Congress (1978) - New Delhi, India, presided by Lalita P. Vidyarthi
- XI Congress (1983) - Quebec City and Vancouver, Canada, presided by Cyril S. Belshaw
- XII Congress (1988) - Zagreb, Yugoslavia, presided by Hubert Maver
- XIII Congress (1993) - Mexico City, Mexico, presided by Lourdes Arizpe
- XIV Congress (1998) - Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, presided by Vinson H. Sutlive
(Note: The original congress president was Mario Zamora, but he died before this congress began)
- XV Congress (2003) - Florence, Italy, presided by Brunetto Chiarelli
- XVI Congress (2009) - Kunming, China, presided by Jing Jun
(Note: This congress, originally scheduled for July 2008, had a one-year postponement)
The XVII Congress is to be held in Manchester, UK, in 2013.
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