WMF Journal
April 29, 2013
Heritage Management Course Opens in Erbil, Iraq
Posted by Lisa Ackerman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
On April 7, World Monuments Fund held the opening session of a heritage site management course at the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH) in Erbil. The program will address a variety of heritage topics through seminars and site visits in the Kurdish region.
Read moreApril 25, 2013
Grupo de Investigación y Documentación, Dirección de Patrimonio. Ministerio de Cultura
Posted by Grupo de Investigación y Documentación, Dirección de Patrimonio. Ministerio de Cultura
In the south of the Bolívar Department in northern Colombia lies a Spanish colonial town built on an island surrounded by the Magdalena River. Santa Cruz de Mompox was founded in the first half of the sixteenth century. The name Mompox or Mompós, as it is also known, stems from a native chief called Mompoj.
Read moreApril 22, 2013
Palace Museum Delegation Visits the United States
Posted by Whitney Warren, Office Manager and Program Associate
For ten days in March, representatives of the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing, including two recent graduates of the World Monuments Fund/Palace Museum conservation training school, CRAFT, came to New York for a series of technical exchange meetings, presentations, and site visits.
Read moreApril 17, 2013
International Day for Monuments and Sites 2013: The Heritage of Education
Posted by Erica Avrami, Research and Education Director
The heritage of education is the theme of this year’s International Day for Monuments and Sites, celebrated on April 18 and intended to draw attention to shared cultural heritage concerns across the globe.
Read moreMarch 28, 2013
Mashing Modernism
Posted by Frank Sanchis, Program Director, United States
Coming directly on the heels of the demolition of Richard Neutra’s Cyclorama at Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania, the Chicago Landmarks Commission approval of Northwestern University’s plan to demolish Prentice Women’s Hospital, a striking 1975 landmark building by Bertrand Goldberg, underscores the national under-appreciation of the significance of modernism.
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