The 2022 Watch magazine introduces you to the 2022 World Monuments Watch sites, brings you updates from our other sites and projects around the world, and recaps exciting accomplishments and events from the past year.
This commemorative edition of Watch Magazine celebrates WMF's 55 years of work safeguarding the world's treasured places. It explores the incredible accomplishments of WMF and its affiliates around the world, and brings you stories and updates from our projects in 2020, a uniquely challenging year.
This issue of Watch Magazine introduces our 2020 World Monuments Watch sites as well as recaps the exciting accomplishments and events that made for a very successful year.
Every two years, the World Monuments Watch issues a call to action for treasured cultural heritage sites around the globe. Since 1996, when the Watch was founded with support from American Express, the program has recognized 790 sites facing daunting threats or compelling opportunities for protection, conservation, and engagement.
The 2019 Watch magazine brings you updates from our sites and projects around the world, as told by some of the trainees, advocates, and conservators who are helping WMF restore and steward them.
Every two years, the World Monuments Watch issues a call to action for treasured cultural heritage sites around the globe. Since 1996, when the Watch was founded with support from American Express, the program has recognized 790 sites facing daunting threats or compelling opportunities for protection, conservation, and engagement.
The 2015 annual report covers the diverse achievements of our 50th anniversary year. It also marks the 20th anniversary of the World Monuments Watch, reveals the training programs associated with WMF projects at the Forbidden City and in Ethiopia and Pennsylvania, and explores our work at the ancient city of Babylon, in Iraq.
This annual report marks the completion of 50 years’ work for World Monuments Fund. It chronicles some of the high points and milestones along this memorable route, then focuses on the themes and issues that underlie our current work and our selection of projects: sharing knowledge through training, addressing catastrophe and the rising specter of human conflict, and balancing preservation with development.
The heritage of the past creates a sense of cultural identity that lies at the heart of civilization. It is a primary source of continuity and meaning within human society and a frame of reference for the future. Heritage contributes to moral and economic wellbeing, and is a fundamental building block for healthy communities. But with a globalized society rapidly transforming the physical environment, there is a need for unprecedented vigilance to ensure that valued cultural sites are not lost. Once lost, they cannot be replaced.
Cada vez que el World Monuments Fund emprende un nuevo proyecto, se inicia una cadena de eventos que provoca un impacto que excede el trabajo de conservación al que está apoyando. Nuestra tarea es catalítica, no sólo por las inversiones financieras que atraen nuestros proyectos, sino también por el efecto transformador que tienen sobre las comunidades y residentes locales. El trabajo ejecutado por el WMF en el año 2012 cuenta con esta característica en común.
Chaque fois que le WMF se charge d’un nouveau projet, une dynamique se met en place et va au delà de la restauration proprement dite à laquelle il apporte son soutien. Le travail de notre organisation catalyse non seulement les investissements financiers tiers attirés par nos projets, mais également les retombées positives que ceux-ci exercent sur les communautés locales et leurs habitants. Cette caractéristique est commune aux réalisations du WMF en 2012.