The ICCROM Award is given to individuals who have contributed significantly to ICCROM’s development and/or who have special merit in the field of conservation, protection and restoration of cultural heritage. The Council members nominate and vote for one winner of the Award in each biennium. By tradition, and following the Council’s decisions, the Award is presented on the occasion of ICCROM’s General Assembly. It consists of a small bronze sculpture called “Conservation” by the sculptor Peter Rockwell, which is presented to the winner by the Director-General, accompanied by an official laudatio (text in recognition of merit) read by the person who has nominated the winner or by a person appointed by the Director-General.
The ICCROM Award was granted for the first time in 1979. That year, an exception was made and 11 persons received it as a sign of gratitude for their efforts in ICCROM's creation and development during its first 20 years.
ICCROM Award recipients (by year):
1979 (Laudationes – Original texts - French)
- Cesare Brandi
- Maurice Chehab
- Paul Coremans
- Hiroshi Daifuku
- Guglielmo De Angelis d’Ossat
- Piero Gazzola
- Frédéric Gysin
- Stanislas Lorentz
- Harold J. Plenderleith
- Gianfranco Pompei
- Arthur Van Schendel
1981
- Raymond Lemaire
- Giovanni Massari
- Paul Philippot
- Gertrude Tripp
1983
- Hans Foramitti
- Sir Norman Reid
1984
- Italo C. Angle
- Laura Mora
- Paolo Mora
- Jean Taralon
- Johannes Taubert
1986
- Tomokichi Iwasaki
- Garry Thomson
1988
- Albert France-Lanord
- Bruno Mühlethaler
1990
- Vasile Dragut
- Paul Perrot
- Giorgio Torraca
1992
- Johan Lodewijks
1993
- Giovanni Urbani
- Om Prakash Agrawal
1995
- Gräfin Agnes Ballestrem
- Sir Bernard Feilden
1997
- Cevat Erder
- Charles Gruchy
2000
- Mounir Bouchenaki
- Jukka Jokilehto
2001
- Gaël de Guichen
- Agnes Timar-Balazsy
2003
- Colin Pearson
2005
- Abdel-Aziz Daoulatli
2007
- Katsuhiko Masuda
2009
- Marisa Laurenzi Tabasso
- Nils Marstein
2011
- Herb Stovel
2013
- Zhou Lu
2015
2017
2019
2021