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Heritage practitioners and institutions meet in Suwon, Republic of Korea, to reflect on the People-Nature-Culture course and to map the services and benefits heritage places provide to people Rome, 10 October 2022 – Heritage is often understood as…

We are excited to have renewed our cooperation with the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea (CHA) to invest in providing capacity building, resources and tools to those tasked with the management and conservation of cultural and natural…

ICCROM and Korean governmental and higher education institutions join forces to protect heritage worldwide through capacity building Rome, 7 October 2022 – ICCROM and the Republic of Korea agree that it is imperative to invest in providing capacity…

The Portico of Octavia was built by Augustus in the 1st century BC. Today, the portico’s remains have been annexed to the church of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria. The portico’s colonnaded walks can be found next to the Theatre of Marcellus - an ancient…

As we prepare to wrap up a successful first cycle of the Building Capacity for Professional Development (Track 1) course, we open the call for 25 new participants to join us! We are now accepting applications for the second cycle of the 9-month…

ICCROM and the Swedish National Heritage Board have released a Swedish version of the pioneering online resource, Endangered Heritage: Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections, developed in partnership with UNESCO. All museums need standards to…

Through theoretical sessions and field visits some 20 participants from 10 countries trained over two weeks on preventive conservation for archaeological mosaic sites Rome (Italy), 30 September 2022 – The two-week “MOSAIKON Advanced Training on…

Through theoretical sessions and field visits some 20 participants from 10 countries trained over two weeks on preventive conservation for archaeological mosaic sites Rome (Italy), 30 September 2022 – The two-week “MOSAIKON Advanced Training on…

ICCROM’s Valuing Cultural Capital: Accounting for the Hidden Value of Heritage initiative kicked off earlier this month with a workshop, public webinar and survey launch to our Member States.  In opening the workshop, ICCROM Director-General…

ICCROM is pleased to announce the launch of the Our Collections Matter (OCM) Toolkit website in Spanish. This long-awaited website translation has become a reality thanks to the generous support of the International Council of Museums-Committee for…

Ubatuba, a nature reserve in Brazil; Rosetta, an Egyptian coastal city; Kerman, part of the Lut desert in Iran; Tuti island situated at the confluence of the White and Blue Nile in Sudan; and Kasese, on the outer edge of Uganda’s Rwenzori National…

Description Databases are used to manage diverse heritage data (e.g., on the history, value, location, and current condition of cultural heritage), and share this information among interested parties. These databases range in scale from those…

Intergenerational Conversation on Heritage, Communities and Sustainable Development Following the great success of TERRA 2022, held in early June, we are pleased to announce the ICCROM-TERRA webinar series titled "Intergenerational Conversation on…

Intergenerational Conversation on Heritage, Communities and Sustainable Development Following the great success of TERRA 2022, held in early June, we are pleased to announce the ICCROM-TERRA webinar series, titled "Intergenerational…

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Cevat Erder - a former ICCROM Director-General (1981-1988) and a prominent figure in the field. Trained as an archaeologist, Erder started his career at the Harvard University Science…

The Saudi Ministry of Culture completed a specialized training program on the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. Ten specialists from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Qatar participated in the…

  ICCROM’s First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Programme joins efforts with the Ministry of Culture and Media, the Republic of Croatia and the City of Trogir in organizing PREVENT - Mitigating Fire Risk for…

Spotlight on the work of Machiko Kamiyama and John Morris in Japan On 18 September 2022, Japan was hit by super typhoon Nanmadol – one of the country’s biggest storms in years. Japan’s typhoon season spans from May to October, with the most severe…

Representatives of 11 Polish museum institutions are participating in a RE-ORG workshop at the National Museum in Poznań from 19-30 September 2022. The RE-ORG Poland project is funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the…

At a high-level forum marking the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment extended its support of the World Heritage Leadership (WHL) Programme, reinforcing its commitment to fostering…

Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment signs a cooperation agreement with World Heritage Advisory Bodies ICCROM and IUCN in support of global environmental and cultural heritage Rome, 23 September 2022 – The Great Barrier Reef, Machu…

Intergenerational Conversation on Heritage, Communities and Sustainable Development Following the great success of TERRA 2022, held in early June, we are pleased to announce the ICCROM-TERRA webinar series, titled "Intergenerational Conversation on…

Apply now for the Building Capacity for Professional Development course! Hello, young architects and civil engineers from Mosul! Are you interested in acquiring skills to contribute to the recovery of heritage in Mosul? If so, you are invited to…

This year marks two decades of contributing to the upskilling of new heritage professionals through the ICCROM Internship and Fellows Programme. A new group of fellows and interns joins us each quarter; in the third quarter of 2022, we welcomed one…

These advanced MOSAIKON courses will train professionals for the long-term preservation of mosaics Tom Roby advises participants in a MOSAIKON course conducting a condition survey exercise of the Three Oras Mosaic at the Paphos Archeological Park…