Visit: Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
On 20 February, the Director-General received the visit of Nobuo Kamei, Director of the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Tobunken), Japan.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property News
RE-ORG Nigeria is launched with US support
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, W Stuart Symington, has awarded a grant of $116,000 to launch RE-ORG Nigeria in a partnership between ICCROM, the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments and Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. The Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant was for one of 39 projects selected from 136 submissions from around the world. It is one of six projects...
#Unite4Heritage: ICCROM and UNESCO in the UAE
On 11 February 2017, the Director General of UNESCO, Mrs Irina Bokova, visited the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah as part of launch for the #Unite4Heritage campaign in the United Arab Emirates.
Visit: Ecole française - Rome
On 15 February, a group of 14 researchers from the Ecole française de Rome visited ICCROM to tour the Library and Archive.
Out of storage with the Geneva Ethnographic Museum
At the request of the Geneva Ethnographic Museum (MEG), Gaël de Guichen and Marjolijn Debulpaep of the Royal Institute of Artistic Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels, Belgium, carried out a RE-ORG workshop in 1 – 2 Febrary 2016.
Results of Louvre-Lens Symposium
A special symposium on post-conflict reconstruction of historic cities, organized by ICCROM, the Louvre-Lens Museum and the Institut du monde arabe in Tourcoing, was held in Lens, France on 20 – 21 January 2017.
LATAM Newsletter Octubre-Diciembre 2016 now out
The aim of the LATAM Newsletter is to give the opportunity to conservation professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean to share their research and professional experiences throughout the region using the LATAM network.
Visit: "Incontro di Civiltà" Association
On 1 February Mr Francesco Rutelli, President of the "Incontro di Civiltà" Association, and Prof Paolo Matthiae, La Sapienza University, visited ICCROM to meet with the Director-General, Stefano De Caro.
Donatella Zari (1949 – 2016)
It is with great sadness that ICCROM says farewell to friend and colleague Donatella Zari, who passed away in Rome on 27 December 2016. Donatella and her husband of 49 years, Carlo Giantomassi, worked with ICCROM on numerous projects and courses over many decades.
Fourth ICCROM-CHA Annual Forum concluded in Beijing
The fourth ICCROM-CHA Annual Forum was concluded on 9 December 2016 at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Annual Forum has been organized since 2013, with the collaboration and financial support of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) of Korea. The objectives of the Annual Forum are to explore, research, and debate key themes emerging from the Asian region that have implications for...