International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Transforming Collections-based Institutions with Our Collections Matter

Transforming collections-based institutions with Our Collections Matter 

The Our Collections Matter (OCM) Field Projects and Workshops Series successfully concluded in January 2023, eight months after the kick-off meeting held in May 2022. Over the extensive period, participating collections-based institutions of different kinds and scales from Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America attended bi-monthly workshops and actively worked on their field projects inspired by...

Interns 2023

New faces at ICCROM

We at ICCROM were happy to see many new faces in the first quarter of 2023, with more people than ever working together in our offices in Rome, Italy, and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

MS Meeting

ICCROM Member State Induction Briefing 2023

On 20 March 2023, ICCROM convened its second annual informational meeting, attended by representatives of our Member States and permanent observers from all regions of the world.

OCM Call

Apply to take part in workshops and field projects with Our Collections Matter

Do you work with collections or in a collections-based institution such as a museum, archive or library? Would you like to unlock the full potential of these collections to make concrete contributions to sustainable development? Let us help you turn your aspirations into reality using the Our Collections Matter Toolkit!

Q4 2022 interns and fellows

Cohort of interns and fellows close out 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2022, in addition to those interns and fellows who continued their work, we welcomed two new interns and one visiting researcher at ICCROM headquarters.

CollAsia Cambodia group pic

Putting heritage to work for sustainable development – CollAsia Cambodia

The first CollAsia course on sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals brought 20 participants from 12 countries together in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for three weeks of intensive learning that they can apply to their work in museums, libraries, archives and heritage sites.

OCM

Call for case studies: Collections and conservation supports sustainable development

Submit a case study by 28 February 2023 to potentially be included in an online Our Collections matter course and featured on the website!

Celebrate International Museum Day with us as we explore why collections matter!

Celebrate International Museum Day with us as we explore why collections matter!

How can our museums best use their collections to support this effort, for the benefit of our society? How can they contribute meaningfully to the Sustainable Development Goals and measure this contribution? Our Collections Matter is a global initiative, connecting the dots between collections and sustainable development.On 18 May 2022, the International Museum Day, tune in to our Instagram...

Field testing the OCM toolkit in the Phillipines

Apply to take part in workshops and field projects with Our Collections Matter

Do you work with collections or in a collections-based institution such as a museum, archive or library? Would you like to unlock the full potential of these collections to make concrete contributions to sustainable development? Let us help you turn your aspirations into reality using the Our Collections Matter Toolkit!

Spotlight on Europe and North America at first regional Member State meeting

Spotlight on Europe and North America at first regional Member State meeting

It was in the spirit of working together that ICCROM welcomed representatives from 29 Member States and Permanent Observer in Europe and North America to our first regionally focused information session, held virtually on 22 June 2021.