In early December, WMF and American Express held a press conference in Santiago, Chile, to announce plans for a sustainable visitor reception center at Easter Island's Orongo Ceremonial Village, Watch-listed in 1996 and 2000. Part of the WMF/American Express Sustainable Tourism Initiative, the center will integrate existing facilities, and incorporate solar and wind energy, as well as a rainwater recycling system. It is expected to be completed by late fall 2010 and will introduce visitors to Rapa Nui National Park, a site becoming more popular with tourists every year.

WMF's traveling exhibition, "Modernism at Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks", will be on view at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach from December 21 to February 6, 2010. The exhibition will come to New York City in the winter, where it will be on view at the AIA New York Center for Architecture from mid-February through April 15, 2010.