Celebrating African World Heritage Day

Explore some of the extraordinary cultural sites across Africa, both with and without World Heritage designation, in this slideshow celebrating African World Heritage Day.
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2021 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize

We are now accepting nominations for the 2021 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize, launched in 2008 to celebrate preservation success stories in buildings emblematic of the modern movement.
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Heritage from Home

Journey with us through a series of virtual tours bringing you behind the scenes to some of WMF’s most iconic sites around the globe, guided by the experts who safeguard them for the future.
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700+
sites conserved
Plus advocacy for more than 800 treasured places.
$300M
raised
And more than $400M leveraged from other agencies.
1,000+
trained or employed
Empowering locals to sustainably protect their built heritage.

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World Monuments Watch

For 24 years, our grassroots campaign has been bringing awareness to cultural heritage’s importance for people around the world today. See which sites made it to the 2020 Watch, as well as years past.
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