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First Aid for Cultural Heritage training in the Netherlands

First Aid for Cultural Heritage training in the Netherlands

In this European Year for Cultural Heritage, an international course ‘First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis’ will be organized to train professionals from all over the world in the protection of cultural heritage. The course, which will take place in Brabant, the Netherlands, from 6 to 24 August 2018, includes modules on prevention, safe evacuation, stabilization and protection of...

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ICCROM to participate in Al Nouri Mosque reconstruction

Mosul’s iconic Al Nouri mosque and Al Hadba minaret will be reconstructed by a team involving ICCROM and UNESCO, in a five-year project funded by the United Arab Emirates. This news was announced in a press conference by HE Noura Al Kaabi, UAE Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, who has pledged US$ 50.4 million to support the initiative.

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The Challenges of World Heritage Recovery

ICCROM is participating in an international conference entitled The challenges of World Heritage recovery: international conference on reconstruction, to be held in the Royal Castle in Warsaw on 6 – 8 May 2018. The conference is organized by Poland as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention, in cooperation with World Heritage Centre.

United States Department of State

Visit: United States Department of State

On 17 April, Stefanie Altman-Winans, Deputy Director in the Office of Public Affairs, Planning, and Coordination, United States Department of State in Washington DC, visited ICCROM together with Heather Eaton and Ann Wise of USUN Rome.

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Earthquake as Heritage – examples from Japan

Earthquakes are disruptive events that too often have devastating consequences. They leave their marks on landscapes and buildings, influence the lives of those who experience them, and can be traumatic events for those same people. Yet what do earthquakes represent in Japan’s history and society, beyond these negative connotations? What signs have earthquakes left in the cultural heritage of...

20th International Course on Stone Conservation – SC17

Stone Course moves to Campeche, Mexico

As the 20th International Stone Course (SC17) moves physically from Mexico City to Campeche Province in the south of the country, so it moves from the more theoretical phase towards the hands-on and implementational phase, which will characterize the second part of this training course.

ICCROM at CultureSummit Abu Dhabi

ICCROM at Culture Summit Abu Dhabi

CultureSummit Abu Dhabi 2018, held from 8 – 12 April, is a high-level international summit bringing together leaders from the worlds of government, arts, media and technology to collaborate and address in concrete ways the role culture can play in addressing the great challenges of our time, from poverty and extremism to climate change and conflict.

Visit - United Kingdom's Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Visit: United Kingdom's Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

On 11 April, the United Kingdom's Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), HE Michael Ellis, visited the ICCROM-Sharjah Office in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

RE-ORG Madagascar

RE-ORG Madagascar

The royal collections of Madagascar are back in the spotlight, thanks to a preventive conservation project financed by the Government of Japan. Eighty percent of Madagascar’s royal palace collections were destroyed by a devastating fire at the Rova of Antananarivo museum complex in 1995.

Visit: Bahcesehir University

Visit: Bahcesehir University

On 6 April, a group of students from Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, currently studying at the International Academy of Rome, visited ICCROM. They were led by Dr Hicran Topcu, past ICCROM Fellow.