Building the next cohort of heritage risk managers: READY Track 2 curriculum takes shape in Rome
Technical partners and area specialists from across Europe and beyond gather in Rome to co-design READY Track 2.
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New Toolkit Advances the Human Rights-Based Approach in Heritage Education for Sustainable Development
Today, on International Museum Day, we are proud to launch Applying the Human Rights-Based Approach to Collections-Based Education for Sustainable Development — a practical toolkit for museums, libraries, archives and educators.
Call for Applications: Developing World Heritage Management Plans - A Consultation for Site Managers on Needs, Challenges and Priorities
IUCN, ICCROM and ICOMOS are looking for heritage professionals working with World Heritage properties (cultural, natural and mixed) and other heritage places to join an interactive online consultation to shape a future guidance on preparing and updating management plans.
Building Bridges Through Books: Celebrating a New Donation to ICCROM’s Heritage Education Library
Books have a quiet way of building bridges – between cultures, generations, and young minds discovering the world for the first time. This spirit was beautifully reflected in the recent donation from Lifetree Culture Promotion Center, Sinomaps Press, and China Children’s Press & Publication Group (CCPPG) to ICCROM’s Heritage Education Library.
Spanish Language Day: ICCROM Celebrates a First-Ever Achievement
On this Spanish Language Day 2026, ICCROM is proud to celebrate the unprecedented integration of Spanish across our global initiatives, reflecting our strong commitment to multilingualism and inclusive access.
Fragments of Memory: Renaissance Frescoes Rediscovered in ICCROM Archives Presented to His Holiness the Pope
Fragments of frescoes once thought lost to wartime destruction, have been rediscovered in ICCROM’s Archives, revealing a remarkable chapter of artistic survival and recovery.
Minister Giuli and Director-General Gujral in Padua for the discovery of the Mantegna fragments
ICCROM Director-General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, together with the Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli, conducted a joint site visit to the Church of the Eremitani in Padua—the historic site at the center of a remarkable rediscovery.
Global heritage training turns Cinque Terre into a living laboratory
Professionals from 15 countries have spent the past week in the terraced landscapes of the UNESCO World Heritage property “Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) transforming this remarkable site into a living laboratory for integrated conservation practice.
Call for applications: Our Collections Matter Field Projects 2026
Whether you work in a museum, archive, library, or any collections-based organization, your collections have the power to do more. Want to unlock their full potential and make a real contribution to sustainable development? Let us help you turn your aspirations into reality through the Our Collections Matter Field Projects 2026, guided by the Our Collections Matter Self-assessment Tool and the Our...
Call for Applications to the 8th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum is now Open
The Republic of Korea, as Host Country of the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, through the World Heritage Leadership Programme, are pleased to announce that the 8th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum (WHSM26) will be organized in conjunction with the session of the World Heritage Committee.