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ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme, the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) and the Heritage Commission of Saudi Arabia joined forces to deliver a 5-day course on Impact Assessment for World Heritage at the World…

Paper lamination The eighth edition of the International Course on Paper Conservation in Latin America wrapped up two weeks of cross-cultural exchange on 22 November 2022. Nine participants from the Ibero-American region gathered in Mexico for…

On 1 December 2022, we were honoured to receive Matthew D. Steinhelfer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and Nick O’Neill, Deputy Director (Acting) Western Hemisphere and European Affairs, from the US Department of State Bureau of Conflict and…

The 13th-century, Gothic-style Church of Eremitani in the northern Italian city of Padua was decorated with frescoes by the greatest Renaissance artists in the region, most notably Andrea Mantegna. The frescoes, painted between 1448-1457 and…

“Given that the majority of people, especially in the heritage sector, do not speak or understand English, the Dari version [of the Handbook and Toolkit] will allow many people to better understand the disaster risk to heritage and be able to…

Through a participatory game on disaster risk governance and two formal panels on climate action and peacebuilding, ICCROM’s First Aid and Resilience (FAR) Programme engaged 90 high school kids and a diverse heritage community at “The World in…

We invite you to livestream the Western Sudan Community Museums (WSCM) Project workshop on 8 December 2022 at 9:00 (GST) via Zoom or YouTube. The workshop is organized by the ICCROM-Sharjah Regional Office, the National Corporation for…

We invite you to livestream the Western Sudan Community Museums (WSCM) Project workshop on 8 December 2022 at 9:00 (GST) via Zoom or YouTube. The workshop is organized by the ICCROM-Sharjah Regional Office, the National Corporation for…

The Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage was developed at the conference entitled “The Challenges of World Heritage Recovery,” held in Warsaw in May 2018. The event was attended by more than 200 participants…

On the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, ICCROM looks back with pride on the important role it plays as an Advisory Body, helping shape the basic principles and practices in managing and conserving places of Outstanding Universal…

  L’impatto del cambiamento climatico sull’aumento di eventi naturali e cause antropogeniche rappresenta una costante minaccia per il patrimonio culturale. Con l’obiettivo di rafforzarne la protezione e le strategie di gestione dei rischi in…

Submit a case study by 28 February 2023!Send the completed form to: collectionsmatter@gsuite.iccrom.org  ICCROM’s Our Collections Matter initiative aims to demonstrate and strengthen the contribution that collections and conservation make…

Building Resilience for Urban Heritage in Time of Changes Organizers SEAMEO Regional Center for Archaeology and Fine Arts ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property) Institute of…

THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW OPEN! Apply for the Digital Storytelling Workshop by 11 December 2022, 12:00 PM GMT. The Digital Story Circle  Telling and Preserving Heritage Stories in the Digital Realm Heritage tells stories of the…

  Congratulations are in order to ICCROM family member Jeanne Marie Teutonico for receiving the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) Triennial Award for her mosaic conservation work.  Teutonico has long been part…

This month we would like to showcase an art book we found while searching for books to populate our Heritage Education Library for children and youth, as part of the Europe Challenge 2022 project – L’arte del disegno di Mateusz Urbanowicz : Botteghe…

We are happy to announce the second edition of the International Festival of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of the World and Talking Places®, The World in Florence. The World in Florence Festival of Talking Places is a unique…

We are proud to announce that the ICCROM Library is a winner of the Europe Challenge 2022 - an annual programme promoted by the European Cultural Foundation that provides funding and support to libraries and their communities to design, test and…

Growing up in Guatemala meant that volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and earthquakes were simply part of life for Mr Samuel Franco Arce. He has been working in Latin America and the Caribbean for many years to promote risk preparedness using ICCROM’s…

The year-end is always a good time to think about what is next. The final 2022 ICCROM Lecture Series will be dedicated to our talented and energetic interns, who will be at the core of designing our next actions. The webinar will provide an…

The ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership (WHL) programme and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) delivered a joint session to develop training teams to enhance Arab regional capacities and create a regional roster of resource…

Effective management of risks to cultural heritage is now fully supported by the new web-based ABC Risk Management System for Cultural Heritage. The ABC Risk Management System for Cultural Heritage (or ABC System) is a tool to assist professionals…

Are you a creative technologist based in Southern or Eastern Africa?Are you interested in using extended reality (XR) technology like virtual reality or augmented reality to develop new narratives on World Heritage sites in Southern and Eastern…

The MOSAIKON course in Sidon assembled mosaic conservation trainees to tackle the long-term preservation of mosaics in storage MOSAIKON participants in Sidon, Lebanon The Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon (DGA), Getty Conservation…

The MOSAIKON course in Sidon assembled mosaic conservation trainees to tackle the long-term preservation of mosaics in storage MOSAIKON participants in Sidon, Lebanon Beirut/ Los Angeles / Rome / Sharjah (UAE) 5 November 2022 — The Directorate…