International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Interns at ICCROM

Volunteers, fellows and interns contribute to ICCROM’s mission

ICCROM headquarters was a full house in April, May and June – we have been happy hosts of fellows, interns and volunteers from across the globe.

Amb Guatemala visit

Visit from the Ambassador of Guatemala

ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro happily received the Ambassador of Guatemala to Italy, Olga Maria Pérez Tuna, and Ministro Consigliere, Cecilia Caceres Valdez, at ICCROM headquarters on 5 June 2023.

MS Meeting

ICCROM Member State Induction Briefing 2023

On 20 March 2023, ICCROM convened its second annual informational meeting, attended by representatives of our Member States and permanent observers from all regions of the world.

Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Italy at ICCROM

Visit from Ambassador of Spain

On the 6 March 2023, ICCROM Director-General Dr Webber Ndoro was honoured to welcome the Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Italy, H.E. Miguel Fernández-Palacios.

In Conversaciones… with Fernando Chueca Goitia and Carlos Flores Marini

In Conversaciones… with Fernando Chueca Goitia and Carlos Flores Marini

The newest publication on our virtual bookshelf is the 11th issue of Conversaciones, which shines a spotlight on Spanish professor of art and architecture Fernando Chueca Goitia and Mexican architect Carlos Flores Marini. Each volume focuses on one or two notable figures in conservation and one of their central texts, which has either never been published in Spanish, or whose circulation has been...

Q4 2022 interns and fellows

Cohort of interns and fellows close out 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2022, in addition to those interns and fellows who continued their work, we welcomed two new interns and one visiting researcher at ICCROM headquarters.

The eighth edition of the International Course on Paper Conservation in Latin America wrapped up two weeks of cross-cultural exchange on 22 November 2022. Nine participants from the Ibero-American region gathered in Mexico for intensive learning at the Laboratory for the Conservation of Graphic Documents of the National Coordination for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (CNCPC-INAH). The course was organized with our longstanding partner, the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in

Eight years of building bridges in Latin America for paper conservation using Japanese techniques

The eighth edition of the International Course on Paper Conservation in Latin America wrapped up two weeks of cross-cultural exchange on 22 November 2022. Nine participants from the Ibero-American region gathered in Mexico for intensive learning at the Laboratory for the Conservation of Graphic Documents of the National Coordination for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (CNCPC-INAH). The...

Managing risks to cultural heritage with the ABC System

Managing risks to cultural heritage with the ABC System

The ABC Risk Management System for Cultural Heritage (or ABC System) is a tool to assist professionals and institutions interested in implementing the ABC method of risk management. We partnered with the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) to create this risk-based, decision-support tool for cultural heritage managers. The free tool can be accessed online...

Meeting with delegation from Embassy of Colombia

Meeting with delegation from Embassy of Colombia

On Friday, 21 October 2022, ICCROM Director-General Webber Ndoro was honoured to receive Minister Counsellor Juan Camilo Saretzki and Counsellor Nestor Pongutá from the Embassy of Colombia. Also present on behalf of ICCROM were Liaison Officer Anna Zeichner and Programmes Unit Manager Valerie Magar.

Our Collections Matter toolkit is now available in Spanish!

Our Collections Matter toolkit is now available in Spanish!

ICCROM is pleased to announce the launch of the Our Collections Matter (OCM) Toolkit website in Spanish. This long-awaited website translation has become a reality thanks to the generous support of the International Council of Museums-Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) and the Universidad de los Andes.