International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee – ICCROM, ICOMOS, and IUCN – have announced the release of a new manual, Managing World Heritage, a foundational reference document to guide conservation in World Heritage and other heritage places, outlining the key elements and processes of the management system.
ICCROM, together with ICOMOS and IUCN – the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee – and UNESCO, have launched the French translation of the Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 (EoH 2.0), making this key resource for World Heritage management accessible to an even wider francophone community.
On Friday, 23 January 2026, ICCROM and Brazil’s Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (FBN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the conservation of bibliographic heritage and reinforce the role of libraries in sustainable development. The agreement was signed at ICCROM Headquarters in Rome by ICCROM Director-General Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral and Mr Marco Lucchesi...
Cultural heritage is not static. It is continuously shaped, reimagined, contested, and sustained through social, cultural, political, and economic processes. People engage with heritage to affirm identity, claim ownership, access resources, and exercise agencies in navigating an uncertain present while shaping possible futures. As artificial intelligence increasingly mediates how we see, record...
On 15 January 2026, ICCROM Director-General Gujral welcomed H.E. Mr Martin Selmayr, Ambassador of the European Union to the Holy See, the Order of Malta, the UN Organizations in Rome and to the Republic of San Marino.