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The LATAM stone conservation course took place in Mexico, from 10 to 22 October 2016. This two-week course focused on “Observation, documentation and diagnosis”, and combined a series of theoretical and practical sessions. The eleven participants,…

CollAsia International Course on Conservation of Textiles and Costumes in Southeast Asia, 24 Oct – 11 Nov 2016, begins in Antigua, Guatemala The CollAsia International Course on Conservation of Textiles and Costumes in Southeast Asia has gathered…

ICCROM is pleased to welcome Mr. Osséni Soubérou, Head of the Communication unit at the School for African Heritage (École du Patrimoine Africain -EPA), located in Porto Novo, Benin, as part of ICCROM’s cooperation with EPA and the University of…

A pair of powerful earthquakes shook parts of Italy on Wednesday evening, just two months after a powerful earthquake in the country killed nearly 300 people.  The earthquakes, ranging from 5.4 to 6.1 on the Richter scale, were centred in the…

International Summer School 2017 When 10 – 21 July 2017 Where Rome, Italy Why Successful interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for meaningful conservation actions. A shared understanding of core principles of the diverse fields involved is…

For over 80 years, museum professionals have been raising concerns about the conditions of their collections in storage. More than 55,000 museums exist in the world, and typically 90% of their objects are in storage rooms. This concern is becoming…

On 20 October, sculptor Peter Rockwell presented to ICCROM the gypsum preparatory study he used to create the bronze portrait bust of ICCROM’s founding director Dr Harold J Plenderleith. Dr Plenderleith, who had directed the British Museum’s museum…

The photographer and writer Enikö Nagy, who has criss-crossed a remote region of Sudan in search of local images and spoken words, sees herself as a chronicler of the unique beauty of Sudan’s rich cultural heritage. “This is not a picture book in…

Download: Boletín LATAM julio-septiembre 2016 The aim of the LATAM Newsletter is to give the opportunity to conservation professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean to share their research and professional experiences throughout the region…

ICCROM is pleased to announce the addition of a new web resource to its website. “Heritage Science” is a data-focused and knowledge-sharing resource dedicated to the cross disciplinary field of heritage science, with a particular orientation…

People-Centred Approaches to the Conservation of Culture and Nature (PCA16) course opens in Tirana, Albania Albania’s Ministry of Culture welcomed 20 participants from seven southeast Europe countries who are meeting for the first time to discuss…

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT Dates: 11 – 30 September 2017 (arrival date 10 September, departure date 1 October) Location: Kizhi Island (11 days) and Petrozavodsk (10 days), Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation Chief organizer: Kizhi Open Air Museum…

Over 200 museum professionals from all over the world have gathered at the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH) in Brussels, Belgium to discuss the practicalities of reorganizing museum storage and the potentially meaningful outcomes this…

Over 200 museum professionals from all over the world have gathered at the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH) in Brussels, Belgium to discuss the practicalities of reorganizing museum storage and the potentially meaningful outcomes…

Organizers: Getty Conservation Institute, United States Direction du Patrimoine Culturel, Ministry of Culture, Morocco MOSAIKON programme partners: ICCROM International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) Getty Conservation…

MOSAIKON COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites with Mosaics: A Regional Training Course Dates: 2-19 May 2017 Place: Volubilis, Morocco Organizers: Getty Conservation Institute, United States Direction du…

As rescue teams wind up their efforts to find survivors of a devastating 6.2 earthquake that shook central Italy last month with loss of 296 lives, another concern emerges – the fate of hundreds of historic buildings destroyed or damaged in the…

A violent 6.8 earthquake hit central Myanmar on 24 August 2016, killing at least four people and damaging the archaeological site of Bagan.  Once the capital city of the historical Pagan Kingdom, the site of Bagan contains more than 2500…

Help us collect information A series of devastating earthquakes struck Central Italy on 24 August 2016, causing loss of 296 lives.   The initial 6.2 and 5.5 magnitude quakes, along with aftershocks as high as 4.5 magnitude, caused…

ICCROM has signed a six-year partnership project – World Heritage Leadership – with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, United States.  Made possible with generous…

ICCROM has signed a six-year partnership project – World Heritage Leadership – with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, United States.  Made possible with generous…

The 2016 edition of the JPC-Japanese Paper Conservation course was inaugurated in Tokyo on 29 August.  This highly specialised three-week event will be held from 29 August – 16 September 2016. The course has been organised once a year since…

Following the earthquakes that struck the ancient mountain towns and villages of Lazio, Umbria and Marche in Central Italy and the historic site of Bagan in Myanmar on 24 August, the Director-General and staff of ICCROM wish to extend their…

The Library has recently carried out a series of innovations that provide a much wider range of research resources in heritage conservation.  Some resources are accessible to our Rome-based Library visitors, while others are available to all…