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Under the patronage and presence of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the ICCROM-Sharjah Regional Office for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage organized a…

ICCROM new interactive Annual Report is designed to allow easy navigation and access to the content of the report. Visit our new interactive tool and read about 2018 ICCROM's activities with special features focusing on: RE-ORG Nigeria The…

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the University of Sharjah has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Centre for the Study of the…

This RE-ORG local workshop is organised as a follow-up to the National RE-ORG workshop, which took place in August last year in Santiago. It will build capacity of museum professionals to improve conservation conditions and access of…

The 2nd international course on Wooden architecture conservation and restoration is currently taking place at the Open Air Museum on Kizhi Island, located in the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. Fifteen participants from Argentina,…

ICCROM has the pleasure to announce the winner of the 2019 ICCROM Award, Mr Grellan D. Rourke, Senior Conservation Architect, Heritage Services for Ireland. A graduate of from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1977…

Read about ICCROM's activities in 2018! The Report includes a Governance and Partnerships section thanking all partners and stakeholders in 2018.  The results achieved would not have been possible without your support. Table of Contents…

Saving Lives and Protecting Heritage ICCROM at an EU Module Exercise When a major disaster strikes, urban search and rescue (USAR) teams, under the coordination of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), are deployed…

On 8 August, a delegation of Indonesian professionals visited ICCROM to discuss the planned World Heritage nomination of Bogor Botanic Gardens. The delegation was composed of: Prof Dr Enny Sudarmonowati (Deputy Chairman of Indonesian…

Update: on the occasion of Brazil's National Museum Professional day on 18 December 2019, the Brazilian Institute of Museums has published the trilingual Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Fire Risk Reduction in Cultural Heritage, available for…

    Asian Regional Course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature and Culture (PNC19)     Organizers: ICCROM, IUCN, Sri Lankan Department of Archaeology, Sri Lankan Central Cultural…

Number of Participants: 20 Nationalities: 16 Executive Summary The first Asian regional course on “Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature & Culture” (PNC19) was organized jointly by ICCROM and IUCN as part of the…

The 3rd edition of the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum was held from 26 June to 4 July 2019, in Baku, Azerbaijan, in conjunction with the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee. Over 60 site managers coming from 41 different…

Within the framework of ICCROM's First Aid and Resilience Programme, a national workshop on building disaster resilience took place on 10-12 July in Hanoi, Viet Nam. Twenty participants from different cultural heritage institutions (museums,…

The time to change behaviours, mindsets and approaches is now. This was the spirit behind discussions that took place on 21 June in the Italian city of Teramo, between a diverse group of University Rectors and cultural heritage experts…

An international two-week hands-on workshop to become familiar with the RE-ORG Method developed by ICCROM and UNESCO in collaboration with the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) to assist museums worldwide in making improvements to existing…

The first international course on “Conservation and restoration of wooden architecture” has been nominated as one of the best museum educational projects at “Intermuseum ‘19”, the annual all-Russia museum fair. It was classed amongst the top…

Restoration of architectural monuments under the conditions of high level of subsoil waters and increased interior humidity - International Scientific and Practical Conference, National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Preserve, Ukraine, 24-25…

Malagasy museum professionals launch into the preventive conservation of collections through the RE-ORG course The two-week training workshop was part of the project "Preventive conservation and enhancement of the collections of the…

"Italy will always be by Africa’s side." Those are the words used by Emanuela Del Re, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in the Capitolare Hall of Palazzo Minerva of the Italian Senate, to highlight the…

On the occasion of ICCROM’s upcoming Eighth International Course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAC), to take place Rome later this year, an informal meeting was held on 29 May to celebrate the long-lasting partnership…

African Academics to meet in Italy to Discuss Sustainable Development through the Lens of Heritage Conservation   On 21 June 2019, the city of Teramo, Italy, will be the setting of a lively debate between the rectors of African…

Michael Petzet, former President of ICOMOS Germany from 1988 to 2008 and of ICOMOS International from 1999 to 2012, has passed away. He was 86 years old. “ICCROM expresses its condolences and great sadness at the passing away of Michael…

The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), through the Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (CNCPC), and the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (IIE…

A course on the conservation of cultural heritage made of wood The course is divided in two main parts: On-line distance learning:  14 April – 26 May 2020 Workshop in Oslo:  2 – 26 June 2020 Partners ICCROM (International Centre for the…