International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Over the past 30 years, much has changed in how we as professionals access resources and tools to help us solve problems encountered in our day-to-day work. ICCROM and the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) have a long history of collaboration on issues concerning preventive conservation.
On 5 August, the Director-General of ICCROM, Dr Stefano De Caro, had the honour to attend the inauguration ceremony of Hassan Rouhani for his second term as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. De Caro’s attendance came at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, through its Embassy in Rome.
Roberto Conforti, General of the Carabinieri Corps for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (CC-TPC), passed away on 26 July 2017. He was 79 years old, and had more than 42 years of service in the Corps.
On 13 July a group of six international students from the Diplomacy Project, accompanied by Dr Eleonora Maria Stella of CNR – ICVBC, RM Monterotondo, visited ICCROM
ICCROM’s third instalment of the International Summer School on Communication and Teaching Skills in Conservation and Science, 10 – 21 July 2017 in Rome, has recently been concluded. This two-week course brought together conservation professionals from 25 different countries and a range of professional backgrounds to investigate and explore alternative approaches to teaching and learning about...
Photos, films, audio and video records capture memories, creative expressions and vital scientific data. “Wherever the collections of these records exist, they are being used to create jobs, feed research and provide multidimensional narratives of our past and present,” says Dr Stefano De Caro, ICCROM’s Director-General.
On 12 July, Prof Vincenzo Scotti of the Università degli Studi Link Campus University, Rome, brought a delegation to visit ICCROM that included Prof Richard Oram, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Stirling University, UK, and other colleagues from Italy and Malta.
On 5 July, a delegation headed by Dr Lee Jae Bok from the Cultural Heritage Division, Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Republic of Korea, visited ICCROM.
ICCROM holds a valuable collection of material samples donated by Paolo and Laura Mora, internationally renowned conservators involved in the coordination of ICCROM’s Mural Painting Conservation course along with numerous technical missions and campaigns.
On 21 June, ICCROM hosted a bilateral meeting between Italy and Myanmar and a seminar on "Integrated Conservation of Urban Heritage and Inclusive and Intelligent Cities.