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On 29 November the Director-General, Webber Ndoro met with Ola Wetterberg, Director of the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, Department of Conservation at the University of Gothenburg and member of the ICCROM Council. Also in attendance were…

On 29 November ICCROM received a visit from Muhammad Juma, Chief of the Africa Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and Dawson Munjeri of Zimbabwe. Mr Munjeri has been appointed by UNESCO to lead a Working Group that will develop a new…

Register now and take part in this online event to be held on 29 and 30 November 2021! What is it? A two-day online poster session and roundtable to showcase the diversity and value of heritage samples research collections from around the…

National Museum, Brazil. Notre Dame, Paris. Shuri Castle, Japan. Table Mountain, South Africa… Why does fire continue to be one of the primary risks to heritage? Is it only a technical challenge, or are there other factors that shape risk…

This year marks the 20th anniversary of ICCROM’s internship programme. In this time, we have been privileged to work with talented individuals from around the world, many of whom have moved on to have exciting and fulfilling careers in cultural…

Description Within the Youth.Heritage.Africa programme, ICCROM is working to establish a new type of co-creative and interactive initiative called "Heritage Hubs". The aim is to link heritage to daily life and ensure that in protecting…

Resumen Como parte de las Serie de Conferencias de ICCROM, el Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración de Chile e ICCROM proponen este webinar sobre el tema de la resignificación del patrimonio escultórico en el espacio público: desafíos…

The 2021 edition of the People-Nature-Culture course (PNC21) brought together 21 participants to discuss effective heritage management and the key role played by people, rights-holders and stakeholders in the management of heritage places.…

As the UN Climate Change Conference COP 26 in Glasgow has drawn to a close with an action plan for decarbonizing being negotiated, tough challenges lie ahead. This is especially the case for those who are at the frontlines of the climate crisis.…

Time: 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM (CET)           7:30 AM - 11:00 AM (México) Organizers: ICCROM and the Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural – Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia…

The election of thirteen Council members and new funding to bolster ICCROM’s digital capabilities were some of the headline announcements to come out of the 32nd General Assembly, which also saw an ambitious programme of activities approved for 2022…

The Library's Resource of the Month for November takes us to Algeria. There, we want to pay a virtual visit to the Musée des Antiquités in Algiers, or rather, to the former Musée Stéphane Gsell, during a series of events that were held between 1954…

Could the devastating fire that destroyed Brazil’s 200-year-old natural history museum have been prevented, or Nepal’s historic temples been saved in the 2015 Gorkha earthquake? Disaster risk management specialists believe that if adequate risk…