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Saving and Reconstructing Heritage At a time when significant archaeological treasures in the Middle East are threatened by tragic current events, the Louvre-Lens Museum is hosting a special event from 19 – 21 January on the theme of…

Course Announcement ORGANIZATION Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) THE COURSE Japanese paper is…

In conjunction with the exhibition "History begins in Mesopotamia" on view until 23 January 2017, and in response to current events in the Middle East, the Louvre-Lens Museum and ICCROM, through its ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in the…

In conjunction with the exhibition “History begins in Mesopotamia” on view until 23 January 2017, and in response to current events in the Middle East, the Louvre-Lens Museum and ICCROM, through its ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre…

New user-friendly handbook launched by ICCROM and UNESCO helps save heritage collections in emergencies. Armed conflicts and natural disasters causing deliberate or collateral damage to cultural heritage are more prominent than ever. To help…

The 5th RE-ORG course (Reorganization of Collections in Museum Storage) was held from 1 to 11 November 2016 in the City Palace Museum, located in the superb palace of the Maharajah of Udaipur. The course was held by the Indira Gandhi National Center…

Representatives from over 40 nations met in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 2 – 3 December to join in a “common determination to safeguard the endangered cultural heritage of all peoples, against its destruction and illicit trafficking.” The “Safeguarding…

The School of African Heritage (École du patrimoine africain - EPA), ICCROM’s partner for cultural heritage conservation in Africa, has embarked on a strategic repositioning project in a bid to respond better to the continent’s conservation…

On 25 November Antonio Almagro Gorbea, ICCROM Council Member from Spain from 1975-1976 and from 1979-1989, received the National Cultural Heritage Conservation and Restoration Prize for 2016.  This prize is entitled in Spanish “Premio Nacional…

With the goal of providing mutual support and collaboration on seismic damage of historic structures, the Architectural Institute of Japan has carried out a survey of buildings damaged in the 2016 Central Italy earthquakes. This survey, which took…

Collection Storage Tips & Tricks is a dynamic resource created by ICCROM and the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) following an international call for images launched in December 2015. In these pages, we showcase the creative and cost-…

The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) is a pan-European project aiming to support research on heritage interpretation, preservation, documentation and management.  The project will provide state-of-the-art tools and…

On 8 November, Prince Charles of the United Kingdom, as part of an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, paid a visit to the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah.  He was accompanied on this visit by His Highness Dr Sheikh…

ICCROM is pleased to welcome Mr Eisuke Nishikawa, on secondment for the next two years from the Government of Japan. Mr Nishikawa holds a PhD in Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. At the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, he is…

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…