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From Recovery to Risk Reduction In an effort to turn the tragedy and loss of the 25 April earthquake into an opportunity to promote the resilience of cultural heritage, ICCROM is currently in Kathmandu carrying out intensive training in partnership…

When news of the massive earthquake in Nepal broke out, ICCROM led an initiative to produce the Kathmandu Cultural Emergency Crowdmap, which received extensive on-the-ground reports about damaged heritage. As a result, an overview of the…

Laura Sbordoni Mora, famed paintings and mural paintings conservator, has died in Rome. She was 92 years old. A frequent collaborator and permanent consultant of ICCROM, she was a chief restorer at the Italian Istituto Centrale del Restauro (…

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the airstrikes on the ancient city of Marib in Yemen and is calling on all parties involved in the conflict to refrain from targeting the country’s unique cultural heritage. UNESCO…

Course Announcement The 17th International Course on Wood Conservation Technology (ICWCT 2016) – A course on the conservation of cultural heritage made of wood Place: Oslo, Norway (premises of Riksantikvaren) Partners: ICCROM Riksantikvaren…

Are you from Latin America or the Caribbean? Take part in the SOY LATAM contest and win a set of ICCROM publications in Spanish*! This is your chance to touch base with other “LATAMeros” by sharing a photo of yourself in your workplace. The…

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Under the Patronage of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, and in collaboration with UCL-Qatar, a one-week introductory…

As we move into the seventh week of the International Course on Stone Conservation, participants are spending more time together, extending their knowledge and strengthening new friendships. They are currently travelling through Italy,…

Stefano De Caro, Director-General of ICCROM met with His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah at the Ruler’s Office. The two parties exchanged views on multiple issues regarding ICCROM’…

As the news of a massive earthquake in Nepal broke out, ICCROM, ICOMOS-ICORP and their combined network of heritage professionals joined forces to produce the Kathmandu Cultural Emergency Crowdmap to gather on-the-ground reports on damaged…

Course Announcement Promoting People-Centred Approaches: Engaging Communities in the Conservation of Nature and Culture Partners: ICCROM and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre Background Engaging communities in the conservation process is…

Course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis comes to a close on 30 April in Amsterdam, Netherlands A group of 20 cultural heritage professionals – archaeologists, archivists, and architects – arrived on the scene to assess the damage…

I was both privileged and deeply saddened to spend time with Ron, just before his tragic death on 28 April 2015. We were both on a World Heritage Reactive Monitoring Mission, in the city of Lhasa in China. His sudden departure was a shocking…

A series of devastating earthquakes have struck Nepal over the weekend, causing loss of more than 7000 lives. The initial 7.8 magnitude quake, along with aftershocks as high as 6.7 magnitude, caused destruction and severe damage to the historic…

The International Expert Meeting, 11-17 March 2015, in Tokyo and Sendai, Japan The 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction ICCROM, in cooperation with UNESCO, the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan (ACA) and the…

Place: Rome, Italy Background ICCROM is pleased to announce the sixth training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome. ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation since 1965 including the Architectural…

Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia – Pacific Region 2015: Preservation and Restoration of wooden structures Place: Cultural Heritage Protection Cooperation Office, Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (Nara Pref. Nara Branch Office,…

Where: Chengdu, China Partners: State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), China Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH) ICCROM Why While the number of collections and museums are growing exponentially, an ICCROM  survey (…

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 using the LATAM network. Would you like to…

Another stone course? What’s new? What’s different? For the nineteenth time since 1976 a group of mid-career professionals from 20 different countries are gathering for the International Course on Stone Conservation co-organized by ICCROM in…

This guidance note begins with a brief discussion on people-centred approaches to heritage conservation. This is a discussion that has been taking place for some time but involving community members still remains a real challenge at many heritage…

From 24 to 27 March, 12 participants from six museums across the province of Ontario joined forces with the staff of the Brant Museum and Archives to re-organize an archival storage area comprising 30,000 items. This was accomplished in just…

Tenth International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 12 – 28 September 2015, Kyoto, Kobe and Tohoku area, Japan Application deadline: 22 April 2015 Organized by the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for…

Is it possible to save cultural heritage from the intentional targeting that we are witnessing in Syria and Iraq? In the aftermath of large-scale natural disasters such as Cyclone Pam, how can cultural heritage be recovered quickly and…

Special edition LATAM – International Course on Stone Conservation: Observation, Documentation and Diagnosis Organizers Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del  Patrimonio Cultural (CNCPC-INAH), Mexico ICCROM Venues Archaeological…