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3rd Edition of the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum “Towards Sustainable Heritage Management” World Heritage Site managers from across the globe are invited to participate in this year’s Forum, aimed at continuing to empower World Heritage…

Goodbye to a friend José Alejandro Flores 30 June 1940 – 16 February 2019   Alejandro Flores (born 1940 in Guatemala) attended the ICCROM Architectural Conservation course in 1971.  He shared this extraordinary experience with…

ICCROM-Sharjah, in partnership with the Arab Administrative Development Organization of the League of Arab States, organized a four-day workshop on Conservation of Documentary Heritage in the period between 4 to 7 March 2019 in Sharjah, UAE.…

ICCROM and the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea present a new publication, now available for free download. Authenticity is a nebulous term within the conservation profession. The concept has historically tended to privilege…

On 14 March, a group of students from the Master's Programme on Cultural Heritage Management at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, visited ICCROM. They were led by Professors Carmen Morte, Pilar Biel, and Ascensión Hernández.

© Renato Alongi, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sebastiano Tusa, head of the Coordination Service for Underwater Archaeological Research (Servizio per il Coordinamento delle Ricerche Archeologiche Sottomarine, SCRAS), has died.  He was on board…

On 11 and 12 March, the World Heritage Leadership Programme held a meeting at ICCROM to discuss the content coordination of its planned integrated heritage management web platform. This meeting focused on updating the content of the resource…

ICCROM-Sharjah has organized a workshop on post -crisis recovery of historic cities in the Arab Region, which took place on 24 – 28 February 2019 in Sharjah, UAE. The event brought together specialists from international organizations such as…

In partnership with UNESCO Beirut and the Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) in Lebanon, ICCROM-Sharjah held a training workshop on “Enhancing World Heritage Management Skills for Heritage Professionals” in Beirut, Lebanon, 8 – 11…

You are a Belgian museum and the situation of your storage keeps you up at night? You would like to improve your situation but you don’t know where to begin? Plus, you don’t have lots of human nor financial resources? Engage in the RE-ORG Belgium…

Fourteenth International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage Organized by: Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage Ritsumeikan University in cooperation with UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS/ICORP and…

It is with deep sorrow that ICCROM has received the news of the death of our friend and colleague Kevin Kettle.  We had the privilege to work with him during several years of collaboration in the design and implementation of joint…

ICOM Italia organizza un Convegno internazionale incentrato sul tema dei depositi museali, le problematiche organizzative e le potenzialità. L’iniziativa, dal titolo L’essenziale è invisibile agli occhi. Tra cura e ricerca le potenzialità dei…

On 6 February H.E. François Pythoud, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to FAO, IFAD, and WFP, visited ICCROM.   He was received by Webber Ndoro, Director-General, and by Tea Franich, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization…

On 1 February, the Director of the British School at Rome, Prof Stephen Milner, visited ICCROM together with two BSR Assistant Directors, Peter Campbell and Martina Caruso, and Archaeology Officer Stephen Kay. They were welcomed by Webber…

Regional Workshop on the Protection and Management of the Maritime, Coastal and Underwater Cultural Heritage, 28 – 31 January 2019     ICCROM’s Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah, in partnership with UNESCO and the New…

On 31 January, a delegation from Montenegro visited ICCROM, composed of H.E. Aleksandar Bogdanović, Minister of Culture; H.E. Sanja Vlahović, Ambassador of Montenegro to the Republic of Italy;  Dražen Blažić, State Secretary of the…

Join Connecting to Collections Care for a 6-part course on RE-ORG Method, a step-by-step approach to storage organization that will help you to reorganize your current storage rooms, focusing on the creative, yet safe, use of existing…

The CollAsia international course on “Conserving Photographic and Archival Collections” was successfully held in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, from 22 November to 15 December 2018. CollAsia is a training partnership between ICCROM and the…

  Connect and inspire African youth with the possibilities of their rich heritage. Use digital technologies to further heritage awareness and support creative industries. Promote heritage as an economic asset, to address poverty…

What if there were no cultural heritage collections? What if there were no more books in the libraries, no archives, no objects in the museums, no treasured artefacts in religious buildings, in cultural centres, and in other public spaces…

How should decisions be made regarding projects in or near World Heritage properties? This was the subject under discussion recently in Kotor, Montenegro, where ICCROM coordinated a course on Heritage Impact Assessments, held 3 - 6 December…

CHA Korea supports the World Heritage Leadership Programme, recognizing importance of people, nature, culture interlinkages for heritage management As a long-standing supporter and partner of ICCROM activities, the Korean Cultural Heritage…

  PRESS RELEASE ICCROM Africa Expert Meeting for Cultural Heritage Conservation concluded at the Egyptian Academy in Rome Rome, 11 January 2019 Connect and inspire African youth with the possibilities of their rich heritage. Use…

  Organizers Lao National Museum ICCROM Partners CHA - Korean Cultural Heritage Administration   Why Heritage collections bear testimony to our diversity, ingenuity, and history. They are a powerful resource for education…