International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
The world is passing through an unprecedented crisis, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting every aspect of our lives. While we make all efforts to come out of this crisis better prepared for such situations in the future, it has also pushed to look deeper into the underlying causes. It is a known fact that climate change has significantly altered the environment and behaviour of living beings. At...
ICCROM is launching a call for partners to leading institutions in the heritage field to help build and shape a three-day International Workshop on Connecting Collections: Unlocking Value in Heritage Samples Archives.
Together with the international heritage community, we stand behind the Statement of solidarity with Lebanon and support the mobilization of efforts to recover the damaged cultural heritage in #Beirut.
ICCROM has just been informed of the passing, on 11 March 2020, of the former ICCROM collaborator, Miss Ingrid Brock. She was born on 25 September 1933 in Bartenstein, East Prussia (Ostpreussen), at the time a northern German city assigned to Poland in the 1945 peace conference. Ingrid Brock studied architecture and urban planning in Germany, where she then resided. During the academic year of...
Culture cannot wait. The need to protect individual and collective identities, ways of living, and ties to one’s roots can be so strong that even amidst violent conflicts people will go to great lengths to protect their heritage. Yet, the wide-ranging humanitarian crises induced by armed conflicts severely limit the ability to secure this endangered heritage.
Thanks to the generous support of the Principality of Monaco, ICCROM is pleased to announce the digital publication in French of the First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and its Toolkit.
As we navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic and this turbulent year, the question becomes ever so critical. On one hand, resources that keep our sector functioning are rapidly shrinking, with several museums around the world closing, not knowing if they will reopen. On the other hand, there is clear evidence that museums are among the most important public institutions, and that people...
Paolo Giorgio Ferri, Special Advisor to the Director-General of ICCROM, passed away in Rome on 14 June 2020, at the age of 72. When I began my tenure at ICCROM as Director-General, I wanted him by my side so that he could put his precious experience, for free, to the service of protecting cultural heritage of the Member States...
ICCROM is launching its call for nominations for the 2021 ICCROM Award. The ICCROM Award is presented every two years to someone who has contributed greatly to the Organization’s mission. In the past, nominations have been made by the ICCROM Council, but they have now decided to open up the nomination process more widely to the general public. Nevertheless, all nominations do need to be seconded...
The possibility that your city could face multiple hazards simultaneously has, in these unprecedented times, become an unfortunate reality. The ongoing COVID-19 emergency, in combination with the risk of an earthquake causing damage to life and property including cultural heritage, requires informed actions and responses.