International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Cultural heritage narrates our human story. Imagine what our lives would be like without it: our cities without museums and monuments, our families without stories and old photographs. Our heritage is a defining feature of our existence, our sameness and our differences. So why then is it often so difficult to persuade decision-makers that it deserves consideration? When budgets are being...
Gennaro Tampone, Italian expert in historic wood structures and long-time ICCROM collaborator, has died in Florence at the age of 81. His involvement in the preservation and enhancement of architectural heritage was of great importance, not only for specialists but also for the entire restoration community. Prof Tampone was an authoritative member of ICOMOS, and a notable scholar who made...
The Arab Forum on Cultural Heritage, held in Sharjah, UAE from 6 – 8 February 2018, examines the philosophical contexts and values that inform conservation practices in the wider Arab region.
On 2 February, Mrs Gihane Zaki, Director of the Egyptian Academy in Rome and ICCROM Council Member, visited ICCROM.
On 1 February, Mrs Elena Bogdanova, Director, Kizhi Open Air Museum, and Ms Olga Bukchina, Leading Specialist of the World Heritage Site Management Unit of the Kizhi Open Air Museum, visited ICCROM.
On 31 January, the Ambassador of Armenia, H.E. S.E. Victoria Bagdassarian, visited ICCROM.
On 29 January, Mrs Silvia Costa, Italian Member of the European Parliament, visited ICCROM.
ICCROM and the Ibermuseos Program are launching the Spanish and Portuguese adaptation of A Guide to Risk Management of Cultural Heritage, originally published in English and Arabic by ICCROM and the Canadian Conservation Institute. Adapted specifically for museums, this new guidebook is the first step in a fruitful collaboration between the two organizations which will provide a series of tools...
The ICCROM Library is providing a constantly growing set of Open Access resources in conservation through its catalogue interface. These include papers from the most recent ICOM CC triennial meetings, 2011-2017, as well as a multitude of scholarly and peer-reviewed research journals, all freely available at no charge under Open Access.
On 24 January, a delegation from Moldova headed by Dr Andrei Chistol, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, visited ICCROM.